Changing Demographics in Willimantic

Changing Demographics in Willimantic

French Canadians overtake the Irish as the largest foreign born or immigrant community in town, while Polish people begin immigrating to Willimantic. Poles worship at St. Joseph's with the Irish and Italians. Many worked for American Thread Company or owned small businesses in town.

Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann, “Feeling the Unrest of the Times: The 1912 Labor Struggles in Willimantic, Connecticut,” Connecticut History Review 55, no. 2 (Fall 2016): 111–139, here 119-22.

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