The Child, the Nation, the Modernity. Polish, Lithuanian
and Jewish Societies of the Child Care in Vilnius
at the Beginning of the 20th Century Cover Image

Dziecko, naród, nowoczesność. Polskie, litewskie i żydowskie Towarzystwa Opieki nad Dziećmi w Wilnie na początku XX w.
The Child, the Nation, the Modernity. Polish, Lithuanian and Jewish Societies of the Child Care in Vilnius at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Author(s): Aneta Bołdyrew, Olga Mastianica
Subject(s): History, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Instytut Historii UJK - Filia w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim
Keywords: Vilnius; the history of childhood; Child Care Society; nation; modernity

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns three Child Care Societies established in Vilnius at the beginning of the 20th century, by the communities of the Polish, Lithuanian and Jewish people. In the article, the primary issues, finances and work streams of those organizations since the 1914 were discussed. It has been highlighted that the institutional forms of the care and education of the poor children werein close association with the ideas of modernity and struggles for popularization of the national ideologies. In the research undertaken in the Polish and Lithuanian archives and libraries, the sources in Polish, Lithuanian and Russian language were studied.

  • Issue Year: 23/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 31-59
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish