Anna Anastazja Piasecka (March 13, 1882 – August 8, 1980) was a Polish politician, educator and activist. She served in the
Legislative Sejm of the
Second Polish Republic.
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The daughter of Paweł Łęgowski and Julianny z Balcerowiczów, she was born Anna Anastazja Łęgowska in Feliksowo near Wąbrzeźno. She worked as a Polish language teacher and established the first Polish ]kindergarten
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in Kwidzyn
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in 1919.by-election
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held in Pomerania
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in May 1920 as a member of the National Workers' Party. At the end of 1920, she joined the Polish People's Party "Piast".[
She was a member of a group which worked towards the East Prussian plebiscite of 1920.][
She married Jan Piasecki.][
At the end of 1920, Piasecka moved to ]Toruń
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where she later died at the age of 98.[
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1882 births
1980 deaths
People from Wąbrzeźno County
Polish schoolteachers
Polish People's Party "Piast" politicians
Members of the Legislative Sejm of the Second Polish Republic
20th-century Polish women politicians