Solidarity's Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland
"This important book explores one of the most pivotal periods in Polish history and deals with a topic nearly everyone else overlooked. Shana Penn's study begins with a simple question I wish I had thought more about myself: once the leadership of Solidarity had been arrested during the 1981 military coup, who kept the movement alive over the following months and years? The answer will surprise you, as Penn delves into the lives of seven Polish women activists who rose to the call, set about saving an entire political movement, and in time turned themselves into some of the most powerful women in Poland today." - Lech Walesa, former President of Poland and winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize"--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.