Październik w perspektywie lokalnej. Liga Kobiet w powiecie wolsztyńskim 1956–1966

Abstract

The authors of the article attempt at providing answers concerning the functioning of Polish Women’s League in Wolsztyn County in the years 1956–1966. What was the League’s influence on local communities of small towns and villages in terms of cultural history? How was the project of a New Soviet Woman (a woman full filling her civil duties and being a homemaker at the same time) implemented? How were the equality and emancipation claims (results of October 1956 and June turmoil preceding it) implemented? How did the members of the Women’s League deal with political reshuffle resulting from the so-called thaw? Through the analysis of data, archive sources and visual material, the authors have undertaken an analysis of activity of a women’s movement, i.e. the Women’s League, on a local level assuming that in the years 1956–1966 the Women’s League in the Wolsztyn County was an authentic and relevant women’s organization.