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Juzefos Rauktytės-Daužvardienės, būsimosios Lietuvos garbės konsulės Čikagoje, veikla Antrojo pasaulinio karo metais | The Activities of Juzefa Rauktytė-Daužvardienė, a Future Honorary-Consul of Lithuania in Chicago, during the Second World War
Volume 42 (2021): Women and War: Roles and Experiences in Lithuanian History = Moterys ir karas: vaidmenys ir patirtys Lietuvos istorijoje, pp. 219–239
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https://doi.org/10.15181/ahuk.v42i0.2299
Pub. online: 9 December 2021      Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

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9 December 2021

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The missions of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States of America (the Embassy in Washington, the Consulate-General in New York, and the Consulate in Chicago, as well as two honorary consuls in Los Angeles and Boston) did not cease their activities after the Soviet Union’s aggression against Lithuania in the summer of 1940. In 1937–1971, Petras Povilas Daužvardis worked as consul (later consul-general) in Chicago, in one of the largest Lithuanian communities in the United States. After his death, his widow Juzefa Rauktytė-Daužvardienė took over his diplomatic functions. Her appointment was hardly unexpected: even before she took over the responsibilities of honorary consul-general, local Lithuanians called her an unofficial consular attaché. The article delves into the origins of Rauktytė-Daužvardienė’s accumulation of social capital during the Second World War. This is done by researching her social activities: first of all with the American Red Cross, and in other associations that promoted blood donor activities, relief and civilian charity. Based on the American-Lithuanian press, this biographical sketch aims to show the burden of war assumed by a Lithuanian woman in the USA.

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Lithuanian diplomats in the USA Lithuanian diaspora women diplomats American Red Cross civilian charities donor activities

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