Anna Anastazja Piasecka (March 13, 1882 – August 8, 1980) was a Polish politician, educator and activist. She served in the Legislative Sejm of the

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. The daughter of Paweł Łęgowski and Julianny z Balcerowiczów, she was born Anna Anastazja Łęgowska in Feliksowo near

Wąbrzeźno Wąbrzeźno () is a town in northern Poland, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, about northeast of Toruń. It is the capital of the Wąbrzeźno County. The population is 13,877 inhabitants (2010). History Along with Chełmno Land, the are ...

West Prussia The Province of West Prussia (; ; ) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and from 1878 to 1919. West Prussia was established as a province of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1773, formed from Royal Prussia of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonweal ...

. She worked as a Polish language teacher and established the first Polish

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Kwidzyn Kwidzyn (; ; Latin: ''Quedin''; Old Prussian: ''Kwēdina'') is a town in northern Poland on the Liwa River. With a population of 36,731, it is the capital of Kwidzyn County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Geography Kwidzyn is located on the L ...

in 1919. She was elected to the Sejm for Kościerzyna district in a

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held in

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in May 1920 as a member of the

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. At the end of 1920, she joined the Polish People's Party "Piast". She was a member of a group which worked towards the East Prussian plebiscite of 1920. She married Jan Piasecki. At the end of 1920, Piasecka moved to

Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

where she later died at the age of 98.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Piasecka, Anna 1882 births 1980 deaths People from Wąbrzeźno County People from West Prussia National Workers' Party politicians Polish People's Party "Piast" politicians Members of the Legislative Sejm of the Second Polish Republic Polish schoolteachers 20th-century Polish women politicians