Feminism in Poland
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There are many instances of feminist ideas in Poland—most prominently in the expansion of women's rights under state socialism, the role of women in the fall of communism and even the conservative rev
Irena Krzywicka, 1930
Speakers at International Women's Day activities, Warsaw, 2010.
Irena Krzywicka
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Irena Krzywicka née Goldberg was a Polish feminist, writer, translator and activist for women's rights, who promoted sexual education, contraception and planned parenthood.
Feminism in Poland
…she dealt with the limits of women's liberty in traditional society. The 1920s saw the emergence of radical feminism in Poland. Its representatives, Irena Krzywicka and Maria Morozowicz-Szczepkowska, shared an aggressive rhetoric and advocated women's deliverance from the emotional relationship with men ("fight…
Irena Krzywicka
Irena Krzywicka by Witkacy, 1928