“For although we win freedom, we will not become a free nation as long as half of the
population is deprived of civil rights.” Maria Dulębianka, 1907
November 28, 1918 was the day Polish women obtained voting rights. According to a feminist legend, Józef Piłsudski did not want to let in the freezing women hoping for conversations, so they reminded him of their presence outside, tapping on the windows with their umbrellas. Several days later, in the decree of the Head of State on the electoral law for the Legislative Sejm, there was a historical provision that every citizen is a voter, regardless of sex.
106 years later, in 2024, umbrellas are still a symbol of the fight for women’s rights. So, on the 106th anniversary of Polish women gaining voting rights, we are again taking matters — and umbrellas — into our hands, and we are going to claim our rights to the current leader. That is, to the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.
The event will be performative — take a long umbrella with a point, put on a long coat, borrow a hat from your grandma or great-grandmother, and join us! Let the voice and the power of the umbrellas be carried, let the authority disturb and hinder it.
See you on Thursday, November 28, at 6:00 p.m. at the door of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. And under the windows. And everywhere where an angry woman can knock with an umbrella.
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SOURCE: E-mail from Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet kontakt@strajkkobiet.eu ; (Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet via email. actionnetwork.org), 26 November 2024