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Liga Kobiet (LK; League of Women) was a state women's organization in Communist Poland between 1945 and 1989.[1] It was originally registered under the name Społeczno-Obywatelskiej Ligi Kobiet (SOLK; Social and Civic League of Women, SCLW) after its founding in 1945 and until 1949.[2] It was called Liga Kobiet between 1949 and 1982, and following 1982, it was henceforth known as Liga Kobiet Polskich (LKP; League of Polish Women).[2]

It was a state organization and a branch of the Communist Party, the Polish United Workers' Party. It succeeded a Pre-war organisation founded in 1913 with a similar name, called the Liga Kobiet Polskich (Polish Women's League). It was founded when Communism took over Poland in 1945.

Its purpose was to mobilise women in the political ideology of the state, as well as to enforce the party's policy within gender roles and women's rights. It played an important role in the life of women in the state during its existence. The policy of women's rights was progressive, and full legal gender equality was introduced.

In 1989, it was dissolved and transformed into a new organization under the name Democratic Union of Women (LK). [3]

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  1. ^ Padraic Kenney. “The Gender of Resistance in Communist Poland.” The American Historical Review, vol. 104, no. 2, 1999, pp. 399–425. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2650371.
  2. ^ a b Dajnowicz, Małgorzata (2018). "Działalność Ligi Kobiet na obszarze kraju w świetle czasopism organizacji — „Kobiety Dzisiejszej" (1946–1947) i „Kobiety" (1947–1949)". Rocznik Historii Prasy Polskiej (in Polish). 21 (3). ISSN 2084-8552.
  3. ^ Janet K. Boles, Diane Long Hoevele Historical Dictionary of Feminism
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