Jadwiga Szczawińska-Dawidowa

Jadwiga Szczawińska-Dawidowa
Szczawińska circa 1878, by Jan Mieczkowski
Born
Jadwiga Maria Szczawińska

(1864-10-06)6 October 1864
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died26 February 1910(1910-02-26) (aged 45)
Rokosz near Góra Kalwaria, Congress Poland
Other namesJadwiga Szczawińska
OccupationsEducator, women's rights activist
Years active1880–1910
RelativesGustaw Stefan Szczawiński (brother)
Wanda Szczawińska (sister)

Jadwiga Szczawińska-Dawidowa (6 October 1864 – 26 February 1910) was a Polish teacher, school founder, writer and women's rights activist. She founded the underground Flying University to provide women with higher education and was the initiator of the efforts to found the Warsaw Public Library. Along with her husband, she founded cultural and educational periodicals and served as both a columnist and editor for the journals until her death.

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