Patronymics

[Zielinski]

> Anna Malakhovskaya, a dissident feminist and a founder of the feminist
> journal "Maria" (started in Leningrad in 1979), now writes herself as Anna
> Natalia Malakhovskaya, using her mother's name as a "matronimic".

Just like the Polish writer Jolanta Brach-Czaina, signing her new book
"Jolanta, daughter of Irena, grand-daughter of Bronislawa,
grand-grand-daughter of Ludwika" to protest against the male succesion of
last names.

Jan Zielinski

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