Irena Krzywicka

Irena Krzywicka ne Goldberg was a Polish feminist, writer, translator and activist for womens rights, who promoted sexual education, contraception and planned parenthood.

Irena Krzywicka was born in a family of PolishJewish leftwing intelligentsia. Her parents were socialist activists exiled to Siberia, where Irena was born. Her father, Stanisaw Goldberg, was a physician, and her mother was a dentist. During the exile, Irenas father developed tuberculosis and died three years after their return to Poland. She was brought up by her mother, a lover of Polish literature, in a spirit of tolerance and rationalism.

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