General Information

Author/Creator

Penn, Shana.

Language

English.

Published

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005.

Physical Description

xvii, 372 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects

Subject

NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization) > Political activity

Women political activists > Poland > History

Communism > Poland > History

Poland > Politics and government > 1980-1989

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Shana Penn.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-358) and index.Introduction : national secret -- Women at the gates : Anna Walentynowicz and the August 1980 strikes -- Solidarity’s "blank spot" : the legal period and martial law -- Dark circles : building the Solidarity underground -- Floating offices : publishing the underground newspaper -- Wild card: the female stereotype as camouflage -- A third space : mutual dependencies and cooperation -- Patient revolution : women and leadership -- "Our romantic model" : myth, literature, and women’s place -- In the end, the beginning : adjustments and new problems for women after 1989 -- Filling in the "blank spot" : the public discourse on women.

ISBN

0472113852

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	943.805/6/0922 22 PEN		-	-

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