Jadwiga Falkowska


Jadwiga Falkowska, codename Jaga, Zdzisława, Ludwika, and Zaleska was a Polish teacher, physicist, social activist, Scoutmaster and one of the founders of Girl Scouting in Poland.
As a physicist and teacher, she worked at the Warsaw University of Technology and the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, and taught physics at the Krzemieniec Lyceum. She was the Chief Scout of the Girl Guides from 1926 to 1927. During the Second World War she served in the Polish resistance. Jadwiga was murdered by RONA units during the first days of the Warsaw Uprising.

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Works

  • "Czym są sprawności?" ;
  • "Dzieje żeńskich kursów instruktorskich"
  • "Konferencje programowe instruktorek na tle rozwoju harcerskiej myśli wychowawczej"
  • "Rzut oka na rozwój Harcerstwa Żeńskiego w Polsce"
  • "Skautki polskie - zarys organizacyjny".