Jinny Widowski
Jinny Widowski | |
|---|---|
| President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse(s) | Ralph E. Widowski |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Asbury University (MEd) |
| Occupation | educator, non-profit executive |
Jinny L. Widowski is an American educator, public school official, and non-profit executive. Since 2022, she has served as the President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Widowski also serves as Treasurer of the Morgan's Men Association and as the Special Education Coordinator for Brunswick, Ohio City Schools.
Education and career[edit]
Widowski earned a Master of Education degree education from Asbury University. From 2013 to 2014, she was the Special Education Coordinator for Brunswick City Schools.[1]
She served on the board of directors for the Medina County chapter of Habitat for Humanity in 2023.[2]
Widowski serves as the Treasurer for the Morgan's Men Association, a lineage society made up of descendants and relatives of General John Hunt Morgan and descendants of both Confederate and Union Army soldiers who fought in Morgan's Raid during the American Civil War.[3]
United Daughters of the Confederacy[edit]
Widowski joined the United Daughters of the Confederacy as the great-great-granddaughter of Pvt. William Washington Rose, who served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.[4][5]
In 2020, she was appointed as the organization's 2nd Vice President.[6] Widowski was elected as the organization's vice president in 2021 and, in 2022, she was elected as the President General.[6] As president general, she advocated against the removal of the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials.[7] Following the George Floyd Protests in Richmond, at which time the Memorial to the Women of the Confederacy was set on fire, she released letter stating, "We are saddened that some people find anything connected with the Confederacy to be offensive. Our Confederate ancestors were and are Americans. We as an organization do not sit in judgement of them, nor do we impose the standards of the 21st-century on Americans of the 19th century.”[7][8] In 2022, with the Loudoun County Public School Board considered renaming Frances Hazel Reid Elementary School, named after a co-founder of the Purcellville Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, media outlets reached out to Widowski again, who did not comment on the situation.[9]
Widowski released a statement on the official website of the United Daughters of the Confederacy condemning the use of Confederate monuments to advance "racial divisiveness or white supremacy."[10][11] When asked by media outlets to comment on the removal of the Robert E. Lee Monument and other Confederate memorials in Richmond, Virginia, Widowski did not respond.[7]
In April 2023, Widowski urged the UDC to recruit 500 new members by October 15, 2023.[12]
Personal life[edit]
Widowski is married to Ralph E. Widowski.[5] Their son, A.J. Widowski, served as the President of the Children of the Confederacy from 2010 to 2011.[5][4] Their daughter, Rebecca, also served as the Children of the Confederacy's president.[5]
References[edit]
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- Habitat for Humanity people
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