Justyna Legutko

The achievements of many Polish educators from the inter-war period were ignored during the Polish People’s Republic, contributing to the loss of their legacy despite the political upheaval of 1989. One such example is Tadeusz Strumiłło, whose legacy has not been investigated to date, despite the fact that it contains scientific materials from the philosophical, through pedagogical, social problems and their prevention, to the scout movement. The legacy of Strumiłło shows pedagogical thought and his participation in organising and promoting the scout movement in Poland, entering the scout organisation through the Eleusis Association, and his participation in organising Polish scouting from the very beginning of its existence on Polish soil. He was also among those who laid the foundations of the scouting movement, was an active participant in it and performed key functions, as well as co-created its ideological shape. Additionally, he contributed significantly to the unification of the scouts into a uniform organisation of the Polish Scouting Association.

In the writings of Aleksander Wóycicki we see the promotion of the status of women and the family. The family is considered as a temple, while the woman is treated as a priestess. Understood as a small society, the family is understood to be the basis of the wider society and nation. Wóycicki identifies the collapse of the family with the collapse of the entire society. Yet, he connects its fall to the earlier "fall" of women - by which he means a wide emancipation of women which deprives them of men's protection. In his texts, Wóycicki also outlines plans for the repair of the situation of the family, as well as of the woman and her child. This plan involves the woman's right to self-protection and to the protection of her work, especially during pregnancy and motherhood. Furthermore, this plan can be implemented at the present time.