Recipients - Person - Instytut Pileckiego

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  • Paraskewa Padlewska

    awarded

    Paraskewa Padlewska
    (1888–1960)

    “Housewife” – the official term used to describe women who were not gainfully employed does not reflect the resourcefulness which Paraskeva Padlevska displayed.

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  • Maria Trojan (1887–1972), Stefania Mudra (1910–1988), Maria Trojan (1920–1960)

    awarded

    Maria Trojan (1887–1972), Stefania Mudra (1910–1988), Maria Trojan (1920–1960)

    Three Ukrainian women deported deep into Kazakhstan, who took care of an orphaned boy, the child of Polish deportees.

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  • Ann Jacques
    Photo of Anna Jacques: Ian Matheson Municipal Archives in Palmerston North.

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    Ann Jacques
    (1893–1994)

    Secretary of the Polish Army League in New Zealand, an organization that supported Polish soldiers during World War II. Together with her husband William, she supported, among other initiatives, the center for Polish orphans in Pahiatua.

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