Listy samotnych matek. Społeczno-polityczne konteksty powstania funduszu alimentacyjnego w 1974 roku
Single Mothers’ Letters. The Socio-Political Contexts of the Establishment of the Child Maintenance Fund in 1974
Author(s): Grzegorz MiernikSubject(s): History, Oral history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Polish People’s Republic; single mothers; recovery of child support; letters; complaints; Child Maintenance Fund
Summary/Abstract: The text describes the problems that were faced by single mothers seen through the prism of letters written to central government offices. The dramatic economic situation forced them to seek help from the highest authorities. As a result of social pressure, in 1974, Edward Gierek’s team established a child maintenance fund.
Journal: Polska 1944/45 - 1989
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 113-148
- Page Count: 39
- Language: Polish