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Episode: Contested Identities: National Independence and Women's Suffrage in Poland
Description: Recorded November 29, 2018.
This public lecture will be presented by Dr Aneta Stฤpieล, Centre for European Studies, Trinity College Dublin.
This talk will address the complex social and political situation in which womenโs organizations operated in Poland under partition and the intimate relationship that developed between the fight for national independence and the political independence of women. Although presented as equal in the struggle for independence, Polish suffragettes faced criticism and resistance from different groups of men: politicians, workers and the military. The talk will focus on the role of the nationalist and militant/militarist suffragettes in obtaining voting righ...