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Kucharska, Stanislawa
Stanislawa Kucharska was born on November 19, 1894 in Hrubieszow, in the present Lublin Voivodship. She was brought up and received primary education in the home of the well known Lublin patriot, Doctor A. Laniewski, who was persecuted by the Russian government then in force.
Being but a child, in 1906 she was already a member of the Polish Socialist Party organized in Hrubieszow by comrade "Mikolaj" -- Ludwik Sledzinski.
From childhood she exhibited unusual abilities. In 1909 being not yet 15 years old she finished the 7-class girls' school in Zamosc. After receiving a teaching diploma she taught in Odessa and Human. At the end of 1911 she returned to Hrubieszow, where Wladyslaw Kucharski, her companion of younger years, was residing after his release from prison. They married in May 1912 and in July of the same year left for the United States. Immediately after their arrival they became active in the organizational work of the Polish Socialist Union [Zwiazek Socjalistow Polskich - ZSP], as well as in the National Defense Committee [Komitet Obrony Narodowej].
In New York Kucharska completed her education and started writing using the pseudonyms "Ava Arska" and "Narcyz" for the Chicago based satirical socialist weekly "Bicz Bozy" [Scourge of God]. In mid-1917, after the death of Telesfor Chelchowski -- "Szcypawka" -- she was named the editor of this weekly. In July 1918 the last issue of "Bicz Bozy" was published. She then went to Rochester, NY to recuperate her health because in Chicago she contracted a disease of the lungs. She became well in the northern climate. During her stay in Rochester she made a tour of the Polish Socialist Union groups in the state of New York, New Jersey, and New England.
In June 1920 she was named by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America to the post of editor for a Polish language weekly publication "Przemyslowa Demokracja" [Industrial Democracy], because of this she moved back to New York City.
In addition to her editorial work she ran a party school for the Polish Socialist Union and gave lectures in groups of the Socialist Union and the Amalgamate in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Rochester and elsewhere. Long and frequent trips, conventions, gatherings and meetings in which she took active part again began to sap her strength. She, however, worked as long ad there was breath in her body. Despite two visits to sanatoria and several trips to various health resorts she was not able to recover her health. On August 6, 1932 her short but very productive life ended. The body was cremated at Fresh Pond on Long Island, NY.
Kucharska had an unusual and deep love for the working class, to which she devoted her entire life. In addition to her journalistic work she wrote poetry with proletarian spirit and content. In her studies she had a special attraction to nature, history and social studies.
Book: Zbior Poezji Proletariackiej [A Collection of Proletarian Poetry]
... my ziemie popchnijmy do slonca! [... we will push the earth toward the sun!]
Published by the Publication Committee
of the Polish Socialist Union, New York, NY, 1936