Joanna Narutowicz

Joanna Narutowicz Billewicz (; 21 March 1868 – 19 February 1948) was a Polish-Lithuanian educational activist and the last owner of the (Lithuania). Born to the Billewicz family, she was a cousin to Poland's first chief of state Józef Piłsudski and General Leon Billewicz. She married Stanisław Narutowicz, a signatory of the Act of Independence of Lithuania, with whom she ran several cultural facilities. Notably, she headed the gymnasium for girls in Telšiai. She was also the chairperson of the last Polish gymnasium in Kaunas, Lithuania. She left the Lithuanian SSR after World War II and settled in Warsaw. She died there and was buried at Powązki Cemetery.

Biography Early life and education Narutowicz was born in the Billewicz family, an old family of Samogitian nobility. She was a daughter of Hipolit Billewicz and Helena née Dowgird. Her siblings included educator Sofija Bilevičiūtė-Zubovienė and chemical engineer .

She attended schools in Vilnius and Warsaw. After passing an exam, she received a certificate of arithmetic and Russian language teacher. In 1888–1890, she studied philosophy at the University of Zurich.

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