Madar, Olga Marie (17 May 1915–16 May 1996), labor union feminist, was born in Sykesville, Pennsylvania, the ninth of thirteen children of Paul Madar and Anna (Seman) Madar, both of whom were Czechoslovakian immigrants. Her father, originally a coal miner, later owned and operated a grocery store with his wife. The grocery did not survive the onset of the Great Depression and, like many immigrant families who migrated to the cities in search of work, the Madar family moved to Detroit in ...
