Jadwiga Falkowska Explained

Jadwiga Falkowska
Birth Date:November 13, 1889

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.[7]

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

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