LWOWIANKI WOBEC RÓWNOUPRAWNIENIA KOBIET – TRZY HISTORIE
WOMEN OF LVIV AND EQUALITY – THREE LIFESTORIES

A HISTORICAL AND LINGUISTIC STUDY

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to the analysis of three selected women’s biographies. These three remarkable women featured in the article were representatives of the generations that took part in creating a model of women’s emancipationist aspirations (from the second half of the 19th century to the times of the “Second Polish Republic”). All of them were engaged in many various fields, their socio-political, educational and scientific activities were quite well described. On the other hand, there is the need to show their social achievements, writing, scientific careers and personal experiences as an excellent example of their individual attitudes, beliefs, personal dilemmas and difficult life choices. Our paper is the attempt to present these female biographies from two perspectives: public and private. We believe that it allows us not only to show how these women were fighting for equal rights, but also to present their way of understanding the whole set of concepts, ideas and postulates that make up the issue of women’s emancipation. The point of reference for these considerations are three stories of women of Lviv: Zofia Romanowiczówna (1842–1936) – a participant of the January Uprising, activist and writer; Maria Dulębianka (1861–1919) – a social activist, publicist and writer, the founder of the Association of Women’s Equality in Lviv in 1908; and Łucja Charewiczowa (1897–1943) – a social activist, historian at the University of Jan Kazimierz in Lviv and the curator of the Lviv City History Museum (from 1931).

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