League of Women

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The League of Women was a mass women’s organization in communist Poland that mobilized and represented women under the auspices of the ruling Polish United Workers’ Party.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish social organization
communist women’s organization
mass women’s organization
affiliatedWith Polish United Workers’ Party
country Poland
function mobilization of women
political socialization of women
representation of women
transmission belt between party and women
goal increasing women’s participation in public life under socialism
integration of women into socialist state structures
promotion of party policies among women
ideologicalAlignment communism
state socialism
languageOfOperation Polish
linkedTo state apparatus of the People’s Republic of Poland
operatedInPoliticalSystem communist Poland
opposedTo independent feminist organizing
organizationalType mass organization
politicalRole mass organization for women
primaryConstituency women
scopeOfActivity national
sector women’s movement in state-socialist context
subjectOf research on state-sponsored women’s organizations
studies on women in communist Eastern Europe
timePeriod Cold War era
People’s Republic of Poland era
underAuspicesOf Polish United Workers’ Party

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