Jadwiga Falkowska

Jadwiga Falkowska
Jadwiga Falkowska
	ps. "Jaga"
Born	November 13, 1889; Tver, Russia
Died	August 7, 1944 (aged 54); Warsaw, General Government

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Jadwiga Falkowska codename: Jaga, Zdzisława, Ludwika, Zaleska (November 13, 1889 in Tver, Russia – August 7, 1944 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish teacher, physicist, social activist, Scoutmaster (harcmistrzyni) and one of the founders of Girl Scouting in Poland.^[1]^[2]^[3]

As a physicist and teacher, she worked at the Warsaw University of Technology and the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, and taught physics at the lyceum at Krzemieniec.^[4]^[5]^[6] During the Second World War she served in the Polish resistance (Armia Krajowa). Jadwiga was murdered by RONA units during the first days of the Warsaw Uprising.^[2]^[7]

Awards

Order of Polonia Restituta
Gold Cross of Merit (Krzyż Zasługi)
Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych)
Armia Krajowa Cross (Krzyż Armii Krajowej)

Works

"Czym są sprawności?" (wstęp do książki „Sprawności harcerek”);
"Dzieje żeńskich kursów instruktorskich"
"Konferencje programowe instruktorek na tle rozwoju harcerskiej myśli wychowawczej"
"Rzut oka na rozwój Harcerstwa Żeńskiego w Polsce"
"Skautki polskie - zarys organizacyjny" (together with Kazimierz Wyrzykowski, Andrzej Małkowski and Emilia Czechwiczówna).

Bibliography

Anna Zawadzka „Gawędy o tych, które przewodziły”

References

^ Proctor, Tammy M. (2009-09-23). Scouting for Girls: A Century of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-38115-7.
^ ^a ^b Garbarczyk, Jerzy E. (2020-12-20). "Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne wWarszawie". Postępy Fizyki. 71 (4): 50–76. doi:10.61947/uw.pf.2020.71.4.50-76. ISSN 0032-5430.
^ Kac, Mark (1987). Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05986-3.
^ Acta Physica Polonica. Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1939.
^ Paradowska, Elżbieta (1996). Moja droga do nauki (in Polish). Tow. Naukowe. ISBN 978-83-85879-69-5.
^ Kunert, Andrzej Krzysztof; Bartoszewski, Władysław (1994). Rzeczpospolita Walcząca: Powstanie Warszawskie 1944 : kalendarium (in Polish). Wydawn. Sejmowe. ISBN 978-83-7059-101-4.
^ Straszewska, Maria (1973). Harcerki 1939-1945 (in Polish). Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe.

External links

Jaga Falkowska – Harcmistrzyni Rzeczypospolitej at jaga.harc.pl

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[1] Proctor, Tammy M. (2009-09-23). Scouting for Girls: A Century of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-38115-7.

[:0-2] Garbarczyk, Jerzy E. (2020-12-20). "Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne wWarszawie". Postępy Fizyki. 71 (4): 50–76. doi:10.61947/uw.pf.2020.71.4.50-76. ISSN 0032-5430.

[3] Kac, Mark (1987). Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05986-3.

[4] Acta Physica Polonica. Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1939.

[5] Paradowska, Elżbieta (1996). Moja droga do nauki (in Polish). Tow. Naukowe. ISBN 978-83-85879-69-5.

[6] Kunert, Andrzej Krzysztof; Bartoszewski, Władysław (1994). Rzeczpospolita Walcząca: Powstanie Warszawskie 1944 : kalendarium (in Polish). Wydawn. Sejmowe. ISBN 978-83-7059-101-4.

[7] Straszewska, Maria (1973). Harcerki 1939-1945 (in Polish). Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe.

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