Zofia Kirkor-Kiedroniowa
Zofia Kirkor-Kiedroniowa | |
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Born | Zofia Grabska 14 May 1872 |
Died | 15 June 1952 | (aged 80)
Resting place | Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw |
Nationality | Polish |
Occupation | Activist |
Spouse(s) | Dymitr Kirkor (1896–1900) Józef Kiedroń (1905–1932) |
Relatives | Stanisław Grabski (brother) Władysław Grabski (brother) |
Zofia Kirkor-Kiedroniowa (née Grabska; 14 May 1872 – 15 June 1952) was a Polish national activist.
Zofia Grabska was born to Feliks and Stanisława Grabski at the family possession in the village of Borów. Her brothers were Stanisław Grabski, politician and economist; and Władysław Grabski, Prime Minister of Poland. Until the age of ten, she attended school in her village, later moving to Warsaw. She graduated from a university there and passed the state exam for the mathematics teacher.
Grabska was an activist of the
In 1896 she married socialist activist Dymitr Kirkor. Her husband died in December 1900. Her son from the first marriage, Dr. Stanisław Kirkor, was a civil servant in the Ministry of Treasury. On 1 August 1905 she married
During the Warsaw Uprising she stayed in Warsaw, in 1945 moved to her birthplace of Borów. Zofia Kirkor-Kiedroniowa died on 15 June 1952 in Warsaw and is buried in the Grabski family grave at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.
From 1986 to 1989 her memoirs and notes were published in three volumes as Memoirs. They serve as an important source of knowledge about the daily life and political life of Congress Poland, Cieszyn Silesia and the Second Polish Republic. They also offer an insight into the life of Grabski family and the highest-ranked politicians of interwar period.
Works
- Włościanie i ich sprawa w dobie organizacyjnej i konstytucyjnej Królestwa Polskiego (Peasants and Peasant Question during the Organizational and Constitutional Period of the Kingdom of Poland) (1912)
- Wspomnienia (Memoirs)
- Wspomnienia (vol. I, 1986)
- Wspomnienia. Ziemia mojego męża (The Land of My Husband) (vol. II, 1988)
- Wspomnienia. Lata 1920-1932 oraz wspomnienia i notatki pisane w czasie Powstania Warszawskiego (Years 1920-1932 and Memoirs and Notes Written during the Warsaw Uprising) (vol. III, 1989)
References
- ISBN 978-83-89835-40-6.
Further reading
- Magiera, Władysława (2010). "Zofia Kirkor-Kiedroniowa". Cieszyński szlak kobiet. Český Těšín: Stowarzyszenie Klub Kobiet Kreatywnych. pp. 17–29. ISBN 978-80-87381-04-5.