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Outstanding Polish Women
Outstanding Polish Women

Outstanding Polish Women

Publication prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland presenting stories of 10 Outstanding Polish Women who have made a mark on the world through their work, as well as those who have had the heart and courage to change the world for the better. *** Publikacja przygotowana przez Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych RP zawierająca 10 historii wybitnych Polek, które przyczyniły się do rozwoju cywilizacyjnego świata, a także tych, które swoją dobrocią i odwagą zmieniały świat na lepsze. Authors / Autorki : Magdalena Majewska, Aleksandra Michalak, Maria Ślebioda

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First woman ever to win a track and field gold medal at the Olympic Games and Poland's first Olympic gold medallist.

Europe's first woman to parachute from an altitude of five kilometres and the first woman pilot in the Polish Air Forces.

Europe's first woman to win international fame as a professional pianist was also one of Poland's earliest female composers.

One of World War II's bravest secret agents known as Churchill's 'favourite spy'.

Her fabric sculptures were exhibited at the world's great art galleries. She was the only artist to give her surname to a new art genre - Abakans.

A physicist specialising in research on air quality and its impact on human health, Professor Morawska helped stop the COVID-19 pandemic by proving the virus is airborne.

Poland's first world-femaous actress achieved star status in Europe and America, especially for playing Shakespearean heroines.

The queen of jazz and a revolutionary vocalist, she was the world's first singer to use transducers and live vocal looping.

The queen of Art Deco, counted among the most outstanding female artists of th 20th century.

Honoured as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, Antonina Żabińska and her husband Jan, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, saved nearly 300 Jews in World War II.