Helena Wiewiórska

Helena Wiewiórska (born September 2, 1888 in Zgierz, died on May 17, 1967 in Warsaw) was the first female lawyer in Poland. In 1925, Helena Wiewiórska was the first woman to be entered on the list of the Polish Bar, thus undertaking independent work in the field of civil law.[1] During the occupation, she helped people at risk by giving them hospitality in their home and in July 1940, she was arrested by the Gestapo, but as a person with diphtheria, she was released from custody.[2]

References

Sara, L. Kimble; Marion, Röwekamp. New Perspectives on European Women’s Legal History. Routledge; 1 edition (July 26, 2016).
Szczepan, Mikołajczyk (1994). Outstanding Zgierzanie from birth and by choice. Fundacja Muzeum Miasta Zgierz.

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[1] Sara, L. Kimble; Marion, Röwekamp. New Perspectives on European Women’s Legal History. Routledge; 1 edition (July 26, 2016).

[2] Szczepan, Mikołajczyk (1994). Outstanding Zgierzanie from birth and by choice. Fundacja Muzeum Miasta Zgierz.