Chana Blaksztejn
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1922 poster promoting Chana Blaksztejn for member of parliament of the Second Polish Republic
Chana Blaksztejn was a Polish-Jewish writer and journalist active in Vilna in the 1920s. Known for her fight for women's suffrage, she unsuccessfully ran in the 1922 Polish legislative election as a candidate of the Jewish Democratic People's Block (Polish: Żydowski Demokratyczny Blok Ludowy) of Folkspartei.
References[]
- Ellen Kellman (2007). Piotr Paziński (ed.). "Feminizm i literatura. Rola Chany Blaksztejn w międzywojennym Wilnie" [Feminism and Literature: The role of Chana Blaksztejn in inter-war Wilno]. Midrasz (in Polish). Warsaw: Stowarzyszenie Midrasz (10): 27–36. ISSN 1428-121X.
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- 19th-century births
- 20th-century deaths
- 19th-century Polish Jews
- 20th-century Polish women writers
- Polish suffragists
- Polish feminists
- Jewish feminists
- Folkspartei politicians
- Jewish suffragists
- Polish writer stubs