Solidarity’s secret : the women who defeated Communism in Poland /

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...

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Main Author: Shana Penn.
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:English
Published: University of Michigan Press, 2005.
Ann Arbor :
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:7677f30f-c2b3-4ca2-b2f2-8f245dbe695d
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Summary: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.
Published:2005.