| Stefania Sempołowska | |
| Birth Date: | 1869 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Polonisz, Poland |
| Death Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation: | Educator, activist |
| Nationality: | Polish |
Stefania Sempołowska (1 October 1869 – 31 January 1944) was a Polish educator, activist and writer.
She has been described as the leader of the movement for prisoners' rights in Poland during most of her lifetime.[1]
Sempołowska was born on 1 October 1869[2] in the village of Polonisz, Poznań Voivodeship (now Greater Poland Voivodeship). At age 17 she passed the Teacher Patent at the Government Commission in Warsaw. Since then she was a teacher, supporter of education, kids' rights activist, journalist, and writer – she wrote many school books. Between the World Wars, she became a publicist who fought for equal educational opportunities. She was a member of the Democratic Education Society "Nowe Tory" ("New Tracks"), co-editor of the teen magazine Z bliska i z daleka ("From Near and Far"), and later the biweekly for kids and educators W słońcu ("In the Sun"). She died on 31 January 1944[3] in Warsaw, and her funeral took place on 2 February.[3]