Samodzielna, odważna, nowoczesna: historia Marii Morzyckiej-Obuchowskiej w świetle wybranych fragmentów jej Pamiętników
INDEPENDENT, BRAVE, MODERN: THE STORY OF MARIA MORZYCKA-OBUCHOWSKA IN THE LIGHT OF SELECTED FRAGMENTS OF HER “PAMIĘTNIKI”

Summary/Abstract: The following article is an insight into life revealed through diaries written by a woman. They make a valuable source of detailed information on such events as the Polish uprising of 1863, deportation to Siberia or the assassination of Tsar Alexander II. The diaries provide the reader with the first-hand and vivid accounts of peasant revolts in Ukraine, the coexistence of different nations in Kamieniec Podolski or the nature of Russian-Polish relations east of Charków. But above all, the diaries portray Maria Morzycka-Obuchowska as a remarkable woman, who changed from a dependent, and sensitive girl into a responsible, independent and brave mother, the heroine of her times. What emerges, it the image of a modern, broad-minded woman, a forerunner of social equality, a bright observer of political developments, and an avid patriot.

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