Anna Spodnick

Plaque of Francz Liszt in the Hungarian Cultural Garden
Girls in Hungarian dress pose next to the plaque of Francz
Liszt in the Hungarian Cultural Garden, 1934. View image

Anna Spodnick
interviewed by Jeanette E. Tuve
September 24, 1986
as part of the
Ethnic Women of Cleveland
Oral History Project Series

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Anna M. Spodnik was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914 to Hungarian immigrants. In her interview with Jeanette Tuve, Anna talks about growing up in Cleveland, meeting her husband and becoming a house wife. She was married at the age of 20 in St. Mary’s Church on Holmes Avenue. In her spare time, Anna crochets and cooks, traditional Hungarian food in particular.

For Further Study:

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by Jeanette E. Tuve in 1986 as part of the Ethnic Women of Cleveland Oral History Project at the Cleveland State University. Originally sponsored by the CSU Women's Comprehensive Program and the History Department, and funded by the George Gund Foundation, Cleveland Memory has now digitized these fascinating interview transcripts and recordings to allow you to read the transcripts online while listening to streaming audio recordings of the interviews.