I would like to introduce myself. My name is Eugeniusz Makowski and I am the owner of a Polish consulting agency which has an agreement with the Federation International…
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I would like to introduce myself. My name is Eugeniusz Makowski and I am the owner of a Polish consulting agency which has an agreement with the Federation International d'Ingenieurs et Conseir. I would like to reply to the gentleman from Holland who presented some types of programme.
In the article, the author presents the results of biographical research on one of the activists of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity” during the period of…
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In the article, the author presents the results of biographical research on one of the activists of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity” during the period of martial law in Poland (1981–1983). The heroine of this story is Ewa Zydorek, one of many women, trade union activities, whose no less than men led to the victory of democratic opposition and sociopolitical transformation in Poland after 1989. At the same time, the roles of women and men in the prodemocratic trade union and political movement in Poland at the end of communism were different. Many women involved in this movement acted as guards and intermediaries for the interned men. When the internees were released, women moved into the background. Only some women, such as Ewa Zydorek, played an increasingly important role in the social and trade union life of independent Poland after 1989.