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The struggle of Polish feminist organisations to obtain the vote for women across the spectrum of Central Europe
The struggle of Polish feminist organisations to obtain the vote for women across the spectrum of Central Europe

Author(s): Marta Sikorska, Aleksandra Sylburska
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Psychology, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Polish feminist movement; women’s suffrage; Polish lands; feminist movement in Central Europe

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the history of Polish feminist movements against the background of similar organizations in Bohemia and Hungary in 19th and 20th century. It describes their founders and members, cooperation between them and methods of activity leading to obtaining voting rights for women. Depicting similarities and differences between them, the article explains the complexity of factors creating the feminist movement in Central Europe. Their main goal was achieved only after the First World War. The authors mainly use texts by Polish feminists and literature in Polish, English, Czech and Hungarian. They used the comparative method during analysing the sources.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 43-78
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: English
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