Jadwiga Falkowska
Appearance
Jadwiga Falkowska | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 13, 1889 |
| Died | August 7, 1944 (aged 54) |
| Other names | Jaga Zdzisława Ludwika Zaleska |
Jadwiga Falkowska, codename Jaga, Zdzisława, Ludwika, and Zaleska (November 13, 1889 in Tver, Russia – August 7, 1944 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish teacher, physicist, social activist, Scoutmaster (harcmistrzyni) and one of the founders of Girl Scouting in Poland.[1][2][3]
As a physicist and teacher, she worked at the Warsaw University of Technology and the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, and taught physics at the Krzemieniec Lyceum.[4][5][6] She was the Chief Scout of the Girl Guides from 1926 to 1927. During the Second World War she served in the Polish resistance (Armia Krajowa). Jadwiga was murdered by RONA units during the first days of the Warsaw Uprising.[2][7]
Awards
[edit]- Order of Polonia Restituta
- Gold Cross of Merit (Krzyż Zasługi)
- Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych)
- Armia Krajowa Cross (Krzyż Armii Krajowej)
Works
[edit]- "Czym są sprawności?" (wstęp do książki „Sprawności harcerek”);
- "Dzieje żeńskich kursów instruktorskich"
- "Konferencje programowe instruktorek na tle rozwoju harcerskiej myśli wychowawczej"
- "Rzut oka na rozwój Harcerstwa Żeńskiego w Polsce"
- "Skautki polskie - zarys organizacyjny" (together with Kazimierz Wyrzykowski, Andrzej Małkowski and Emilia Czechwiczówna).
Bibliography
[edit]- Anna Zawadzka „Gawędy o tych, które przewodziły”
References
[edit]- ↑ Proctor, Tammy M. (2009-09-23). Scouting for Girls: A Century of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-38115-7.
- 1 2 Garbarczyk, Jerzy E. (2020-12-20). "Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne wWarszawie". Postępy Fizyki. 71 (4): 50–76. doi:10.61947/uw.pf.2020.71.4.50-76. ISSN 0032-5430.
- ↑ Kac, Mark (1987). Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05986-3.
- ↑ Acta Physica Polonica. Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1939.
- ↑ Paradowska, Elżbieta (1996). Moja droga do nauki (in Polish). Tow. Naukowe. ISBN 978-83-85879-69-5.
- ↑ Kunert, Andrzej Krzysztof; Bartoszewski, Władysław (1994). Rzeczpospolita Walcząca: Powstanie Warszawskie 1944 : kalendarium (in Polish). Wydawn. Sejmowe. ISBN 978-83-7059-101-4.
- ↑ Straszewska, Maria (1973). Harcerki 1939-1945 (in Polish). Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe.
External links
[edit]- Jaga Falkowska – Harcmistrzyni Rzeczypospolitej at jaga.harc.pl
Categories:
- 1889 births
- 1944 deaths
- People from Tver
- Polish schoolteachers
- Polish civilians killed in World War II
- Polish female resistance members
- Home Army members
- Polish Scouts and Guides in World War II
- Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
- Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
- Recipients of the Armia Krajowa Cross
- Polish female soldiers
- Polish soldiers
- 20th-century Polish women
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising insurgents
- Victims of Nazi war crimes in the Warsaw Uprising
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