MAIN DOMAINS OF THE aCTIVITY OF WOMEN IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR TRI-PARTITION CONVENTIONS IN 1905-1918 (Glówne plaszczyzny aktywnosci kobiet w swietle ich trójzaborowych zjazdów w latach 1905-1918)

• Authors: Cabaj Jaroslaw
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The years 1905-1918 comprise an important period in the history of the women's movement in Polish lands. In the changing situation this particular milieu was forced to take a stand vis a vis the essential problems of national, socio-economic and political life. National conventions, organised from 1905 to 1917, followed by meetings, were one of the symptoms of activity. They became a forum for cooperation and an exchange of views as well as for creating national ties and sanctioning heretofore trends of work. Moreover, they acted as a source of impulses for further activity. The programmes of the discussed conventions reflected the most relevant questions of the Polish feminist movement: the participation of women in educational activity, emancipation, and the struggle for independence. The conventions revealed the potential of the women's movement, fully prepared for conducting a struggle for the preservation of Polishness in terrains threatened with losing their national character. During the WW I and occupation they took an active part in pro-independence efforts and were capable of popularising the question of equal rights in assorted domains. In doing so, however, they did not manage to avoid conflicts and divisions.

Keywords

EN

POLISH FEMINIST MOVEMENT; WOMEN’S MOVEMENT

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 27-39
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Cabaj Jaroslaw

• Jaroslaw Cabaj, Akademia Podlaska, Instytut Historii, ul. 3 Maja 54, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA063912