Jadwiga Kaczynska Way
Linda Zabors
Jadwiga Kaczynska was a prominent literary scholar at the National Academy of Sciences in Poland. She was a nurse during WWII and the Geman occupation of Poland. After the war she was a member of the Polish Teachers Union and involved in the Solidarity movement. Her son, Lech Kaczynki, became the fourth President of the Republic of Poland, and appointed his twin, Jarosław, as Prime Minister. Lech and his wife died in plane crash in Russia.
Alumni
University of Warsaw
Honorary Jadwiga Kaczynska Way
West Belmont Avenue, from North Milwaukee Avenue to North Pulaski Road
Approved: 2018
Ward: 30
Alderman: Reboyras
Neighborhood: Polish Village
b. December 31, 1926. Starachowice, Poland
d. January 17, 2013. Warsaw, Poland