Constant conversations: agitators in the league of women in Poland during the Stalinist period.(feminist studies)

From: Feminist Studies | Date: September 22, 2005| Author: Nowak, Basia A. | Copyright information 
 
     An agitator ... enlightens women, educates and mobilizes them,... 
     understands all current issues and knows how to explain them 
     precisely, fully recognizes the assignment that agitational work 
     places on her, and ... systematically raises her own ideological 
     knowledge. An agitator's assignment is individual propaganda among 
     women ... through constant conversations ... about the political, 
     economic, and social life both in our country and internatio...

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