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The Women's League was an organisation that functioned from 1945 to 1989 under the names: Socio-Civic League of Women, League of Women and League of Polish Women. Through activity guidelines, statutes and programmes, the League's leaders had the task of promoting among Polish women a belief in the superior role of the League of Women as an organisation representing the interests of all women, irrespective of their origin, material or social status. The article presents the various phases of the organisation's activities and its areas of operation, including activities for the professional activation of women (e.g. through training and professional further training courses), the definition of political activities for women, the provision of legal aid and child-rearing assistance.

The Polish Chronicle is an excellent source of knowledge about life during the Polish People's Republic. As a propaganda medium, the chronicle smuggled in broadcast editions the guidelines given to it in circulars containing censorship instructions and guidelines. In the case of fashion matters, this was the removal of all elements unrelated to socialist Poland (including those stemming from Polish national identity), the promotion of qualities such as simplicity, modesty, practicality, as well as the negation and elimination of all extravagance, manifestations of non-conformism and the desire to express one's 'self' through the choice of clothing. The article provides an overview of the fashion issues brought up in the pages of the Chronicle in relation to both national and international fashion. The analysis covers both the editions relating strictly to fashion, but also those showing the everyday life of Poles, and therefore presenting their style of dress both at work and in leisure time.

The article discusses the way of presenting the issue of fashion by the editors of the most popular magazine for women of the Polish People's Republic – Przyjaciółka. The years 1957–1975 were analyzed. The aim of the research was to answer the following questions: to what extent did the analyzed periodical take up the subject of fashion? What was the nature of the content presenting the issue related to fashion? Did the published articles have a real impact on shaping tastes, a sense of aesthetics and the need to follow fashion trends in rural women?