Problem praw kobiet w międzywojennej prasie dla Polek

Abstract

The article contains topics that were of historical interest but are still relevant today. The issue of women’s rights was part of the reflection on the existence of normative laws regulating the rights of women citizens, but it also fell within the sphere of social exclusion, which reflected the mentality of society. In the interwar period, Polish women gained full rights, including educational, economic, and social ones. These were largely subject to „maternal determinism”, that is, they resulted from the social role of the mother. Moreover, they could enjoy political rights. They had the right to vote and stand for election, to hold public office, to information, freedom of association, and freedom of expression. In the press journalism addressed to female readers, attention was drawn to the discrepancy between the normative rights of Polish women and the actual implementation of the principle of legal egalitarianism. On its basis, an image of the dysfunction of the system of women’s rights, areas of abuse, and sometimes crimes against female citizens of the Republic of Poland was created