Henryka Krzywonos

Henryka Krzywonos (2015)

Henryka Krystyna Krzywonos-Strycharska was the former head of the Gdańsk transport workers.[1] She is noted for playing a role in strikes and protests in 1980 Gdańsk. The authorities later beat her causing her to miscarry, as she had been pregnant at the time. Afterward she became involved in "family orphanages" and adopted 12 orphans with her third husband.[2]

References

1. Benj DeMott (31 December 2011). First of the Year: 2008. Transaction Publishers. pp. 175–176. ISBN 978-1-4128-1218-4.
2. THE SATURDAY PROFILE; Public Fame on a Tram, Now Private Reward as Mom by RICHARD BERNSTEINJAN. 15, 2005 in "The New York Times