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Mirosława Jastrzębska

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Mirosława Jastrzębska, née Kwiatkowska (21 March 1921 in Gąbin, Poland – 24 October 1982) was a Polish scientist, ethnographer, and museum curator.

She graduated from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in ethnography and ethnology and in 1951 under the guidance of Józef Gajek [pl] she defended her Masters thesis Folk architecture in the village of Smolanka, poviat Łuków (Budownictwo ludowe we wsi Smolanka, pow. Łuków). After that, she worked at various museums. As a researcher, she was mainly interested in annual and family folk rituals and folk art. She was an active member of the Polish Ethnological Society [pl]: she popularized folk art and other subjects of her expertise by organizing fairs, competitions, exhibitions and lectures.[1][2]

She was curator of the Regional Museum in Tomaszów Mazowiecki.[2]

In 1950 she married Józef Jastrzębski [pl], also an ethnographer.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Wiesława Bogurat, "Jastrzębska z Kwiatkowskich Mirosława (1921-1982)", Tomaszowski słownik biograficzny [pl], issue. 1, 1994, pp. 10-12 (biography).
  2. ^ a b c Irena Lechowa, "Mirosława Jastrzębska (1921-1982), etnograf, kustosz Muzeum Regionalnego w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim", In: Etnografowie i ludoznawcy polscy. Sylwetki, szkice biograficzne, vol. I, Wydawnictwo Naukowe DWN, Oddział Polskiego Towarzystwa Ludoznawczego w Krakowie, Kraków, 2002, pp. 145-146