Prawa kobiet a polska konstytucja z 22 lipca 1952 r. w materiałach Polskiej Kroniki Filmowej

This article analyses the regulations concerning women’s rights in the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Poland of 22 July 1952 and their reflection in the materials of the Polish Film Chronicle, particularly the 1950s editions. The Constitution, enacted during the period of Stalinisation and modelled on Soviet solutions, was strongly programme-based and declarative in nature. It introduced formal equality for women, which was intended to legitimise the new authorities and influence the mobilisation of society. Analysis of the PKF materials indicates that the Chronicle highlighted those aspects of women’s rights that were consistent with the current needs of the state – mainly the image of the economically active woman participating in industrialisation and the mother supported by the country. The issues of women’s real participation in decision-making processes, real wage equality or the difficulties of reconciling professional and family roles were marginalised. The image created in PKF was therefore a propaganda construct, intended to build a positive image of the system rather than faithfully reflect reality

Constitution · Payment · The Republic · Labour Market and Migration · Language and Culture · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies