Never heard of her before, not surprising. Women of note tend to be forgotten in the annals of history. Especially if they are the revolutionary type.
Another amazing woman that's pretty much forgotten outside of Poland, the coutry where she helped lead the Solidarity revolution that eventually topped the USSR.
Anna Walentynowicz RE: her expectations for a free, democratic Poland.
We must not wait passively. A free Poland is our aim, but no one will give us that freedom. Our passivity will result in their murdering more and more of us, in more and more people suffering. We must educate, because even when a free Poland is achieved, the nation will be so
exhausted that there will be no one to lead it.
Sounds like a fine woman, and you are right, I had heard of Lech, but the western press hardly likes to make heroes of the true heroes.