Paulina Kuczalska-Reinschmit

Paulina Kuczalska-Reinschmit
Born Paulina Kuczalska
(1859-01-15)January 15, 1859
Warsaw, Congress Poland
Died September 13, 1921(1921-09-13) (aged 62)
Warsaw, Congress Poland
Known for Women's suffrage
women's rights

Paulina Kuczalska-Reinschmit (born 15 January 1859 in Warsaw, died 13 September 1921 in Warsaw) was a Polish social reformer and feminist activist, publisher and writer. She actively campaigned for women's right to vote in Poland, which was then partitioned between Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary.

In 1895, she founded the periodical Ster dedicated to women's rights. In 1907 she founded the Związek Równouprawnienia Kobiet Polskich (Union for the Equal Rights of Polish Women).[1]

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References

  1. Hetmanka – Anna Dryjańska
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