Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the Promotion of Women’s Issues and Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Young Polish Women in the Second Half of the 19th Century

In the second half of the 19th century, in the Polish lands, the women’s issue became an important social issue. It affected women of average social strata. This included issue of girls’ education, preparing them for gainful employment and the jobs that are suitable for women in places where they wo...

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Main Author: Barbara Kalinowska-Witek
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Language:English
Published: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland 2017-06-01
Series:Lubelski Rocznik Pedagogiczny
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Online Access:https://journals.umcs.pl/lrp/article/view/5596
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description In the second half of the 19th century, in the Polish lands, the women’s issue became an important social issue. It affected women of average social strata. This included issue of girls’ education, preparing them for gainful employment and the jobs that are suitable for women in places where they would not represent competition for men. These issues were also raised by Eliza Orzeszkowa, a well-known writer and journalist. She advocated a thorough education of women in the direction corresponding to their abilities and interests. She demanded reform of the education of girls in the family, and especially taking care of their harmonious physical, mental and moral development. She drew attention to errors committed by parents and pointed out ways to fix them. Presenting in her novels and stories the fate of women who have been forced by the conditions of life to take up gainful employment and did not have the required preparation for it, emphasized the need to ensure that every girl would get professional training in the direction chosen by her. In journalistic texts, she indicated the purpose and methods of proper upbringing and education of female youth. Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the promotion of women’s issue and shaping the educational aspirations of young Polish women in the second half of the nineteenth century is thus difficult to overestimate and therefore has become the subject of this discussion.
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spelling doaj.art-74871ffd8fc342be807fa864673436b42022-12-22T04:07:29ZengMaria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, PolandLubelski Rocznik Pedagogiczny0137-61362017-06-0135410.17951/lrp.2016.35.4.494253Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the Promotion of Women’s Issues and Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Young Polish Women in the Second Half of the 19th CenturyBarbara Kalinowska-Witek0Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w LublinieIn the second half of the 19th century, in the Polish lands, the women’s issue became an important social issue. It affected women of average social strata. This included issue of girls’ education, preparing them for gainful employment and the jobs that are suitable for women in places where they would not represent competition for men. These issues were also raised by Eliza Orzeszkowa, a well-known writer and journalist. She advocated a thorough education of women in the direction corresponding to their abilities and interests. She demanded reform of the education of girls in the family, and especially taking care of their harmonious physical, mental and moral development. She drew attention to errors committed by parents and pointed out ways to fix them. Presenting in her novels and stories the fate of women who have been forced by the conditions of life to take up gainful employment and did not have the required preparation for it, emphasized the need to ensure that every girl would get professional training in the direction chosen by her. In journalistic texts, she indicated the purpose and methods of proper upbringing and education of female youth. Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the promotion of women’s issue and shaping the educational aspirations of young Polish women in the second half of the nineteenth century is thus difficult to overestimate and therefore has become the subject of this discussion.https://journals.umcs.pl/lrp/article/view/5596eliza orzeszkowa, kwestia kobieca, kształcenie dziewcząt, praca zarobkowa kobiet
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Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the Promotion of Women’s Issues and Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Young Polish Women in the Second Half of the 19th Century
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title Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the Promotion of Women’s Issues and Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Young Polish Women in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title_full Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the Promotion of Women’s Issues and Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Young Polish Women in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title_fullStr Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the Promotion of Women’s Issues and Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Young Polish Women in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title_full_unstemmed Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the Promotion of Women’s Issues and Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Young Polish Women in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title_short Contribution of Eliza Orzeszkowa to the Promotion of Women’s Issues and Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Young Polish Women in the Second Half of the 19th Century
title_sort contribution of eliza orzeszkowa to the promotion of women s issues and shaping the educational aspirations of young polish women in the second half of the 19th century
topic eliza orzeszkowa, kwestia kobieca, kształcenie dziewcząt, praca zarobkowa kobiet
url https://journals.umcs.pl/lrp/article/view/5596
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