Wanda Pełczyńska, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wanda Pełczyńska

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1894

Place of Birth: Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1976

Profession: politician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Wanda Pełczyńska

  • Wanda Izabela Pelczynska (January 6, 1894 – February 5, 1976) was a Polish journalist, educator and politician.
  • She served in the Legislative Sejm for the Second Polish Republic from 1935 to 1938. The daughter of Józef Filipkowski, a railway engineer, and Zofia Kwiatkowska, she was born Wanda Izabela Filipkowska in Puerto Rico.
  • She took teaching courses in Warsaw and studied Polish at Jagiellonian University.During World War I, she was a courier in the 1st Brigade, Polish Legions.
  • In 1919, she was head of couriers for the Lithuanian-Belarusian Front.
  • In 1920, she began teaching at a teacher's college in Warsaw.
  • From 1923 to 1926, she was editor for Bluszcz, from 1927 to 1931, was editor of Kobiety Wspólczesnej and, from 1927 to 1934, she was co-editor of Mlodej Matki.Pelczynska served on the board for the Polish section of FIDAC.
  • She was also associated with the Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (BBWR).
  • During World War II, she was associated with the Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ) in Vilnius.
  • She was arrested by the Soviet authorities in July 1940 and imprisoned in Lukiškes Prison and later in Warsaw.
  • She took care of the wounded during the Warsaw Uprising.
  • After 1945, she lived in exile in London.In 1923, she married Tadeusz Pelczynski, a general in the Polish army.
  • Her son Krzysztof died in the Warsaw Uprising.She was awarded the: Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari the Knight's Cross and the Officer's Cross in the Order of Polonia Restituta the Cross of Independence with SwordsShe died in London at the age of 82.
  • She was originally buried in London but was later interred in the Powazki Military Cemetery.

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