Vanda Daugirdaitė-Sruogienė

Vanda Sruogienė Daugirdaitė (16 August 1899 – 10 February 1997) was a Lithuanian historian, educator, and cultural activist. She was the wife of writer Balys Sruoga.

Biography

Early life and education Vanda Daugirdaitė was born on 16 August 1899 in Pyatigorsk. He was exiled from the Šiauliai Gymnasium for illegally reading Aušra, and as a punishment was stationed in the northern Caucasus for military service, where his daughter was born. On her mother's side, she was the granddaughter of Edward Pawłowicz, a well-known educational activist.

Daugirdaitė was taught Polish literature, history, and the Polish language by her mother née Jadwiga Pawłowicz. In her childhood, Daugirdaitė learned French and Ukrainian. Daugirdaitė graduated from gymnasiums in Rostov-on-Don and Kamianets-Podilskyi in 1916. Working with the Lithuanian press bureau, her relationship with Balys Sruoga deepened. From 1921 to 1923, Daugirdaitė studied philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin. becoming a member of the Lithuanian Historical Society shortly thereafter. She lectured on history from 1927, and was the chief editor of the newspaper Vyturys from 1929. Sruogienė contributed to various journals such as Lietuvos žinios, Naujoji Romuva, Lietuvos aidas, and others. She was the author of multiple books on Lithuanian history, such as Lietuvos istorijos vadovėlis gimnazijoms (1935), a school history textbook, as well as Žemaičių bajorų ūkis I pusėj XIX šimtmečio (1938) and Lietuvos istorijos vaizdai ir raštai (1939). Lietuvos kultūros istorijos bruožai (1962), and Lietuvos Stegiamasis Seimas (1975). Her and her husband's former home in central Vilnius was opened as a museum in 1986.