Wanda Szczawińska

Wanda Marie Szczawińska (June 13, 1866 – April 21, 1955) was a Polish biologist, pediatrician, lecturer, social activist, journalist, and member of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Biography Szczawińska was born in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire on 13 June 1866 to Wojciech Szczawiński and Bronisława née Gumbrychty. As a student of Carl Vogt she completed her dissertation in 1891 and obtained a doctorate in natural sciences.

In addition to lecturing, during World War I Szczawińska worked as a doctor at the St. Stanisław Kostka and the Holy Spirit Hospital in Warsaw as well as in the Sanitary Section of the Citizens' Committee of Warsaw. Thanks to her efforts in raising awareness about infant nutrition and hygiene, a health pavilion for infants was established in the Saski Garden in 1926. Shortly after, in 1955, she died and was buried in the Rakowicki Cemetery in Krakow.