Natalia Jarska has published the following article (open access):
“The Women’s Movement in Poland and International Women’s Year. International Encounters”, in Aspasia, The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women’s and Gender History, vol. 19.
Abstract:
“In this article, I chart the contributions of Polish women activists before and during International Women’s Year. Following the actions of three high-profile women—Krystyna Gromek, Wanda Tycner, and Zofia Wasilkowska—I focus on the “imagined international community” shaped by leaders of the movement and reveal the diversity and complexity of Polish women’s international activism at home and abroad. By exploring how these women deployed their expertise and exerted influence both on how the International Women’s Year agenda was addressed on a national scale and how the situation in Poland was presented to the rest of the world, I challenge claims that the Polish women’s movement at this time had turned away from internationalism. I also show that women’s internationalism prioritized global struggles of the women’s movement over current political demands.”
