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Subject Nation/Subject Woman

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Polish Women, Solidarity and Feminism

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With no natural boundaries, except for the Carpathian mountains to the south, Poland has continually struggled for identity and recognition as an independent nation state.

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  1. Information on Polish history from: W. F. Reddaway, J. H. Penson, O. Haledin, R. Dybolski, THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF POLAND, volume one — up to 1679, (Cambridge University Press, 1950).

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Reading, A. (1992). Subject Nation/Subject Woman. In: Polish Women, Solidarity and Feminism. Women’s Studies at York/Macmillan Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12339-1_3

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