Irena Sendler (née Krzyżanowska), also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre "Jolanta" (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008),[1] was a Polish nurse, humanitarian, and social worker who served in the Polish Underground in German-occupied Warsaw during World War II, and was head of the children's section of Żegota,[2][3] the Polish Council to Aid Jews (Polish: Rada Pomocy Żydom), which was active from 1942 to 1945. Assisted by some two dozen other Żegota members, Sendler smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and shelter outside the Ghetto, saving those children from the Holocaust.[4] With the exception of diplomats who issued visas to help Jews flee Nazi-occupied Europe, Sendler saved more Jews than any other individual during the Holocaust.[5]

She should be higher on the list (with all respect towards other great women ofc)

next great Polish woman!

Looking ahead, there are SO MANY women who should no be listed here. This is one of the ones who deserve credit for what she did but roller skaters? Skate boarders? Too many badly selected and so many left out.

Shout her name out loud- a true hero.

Inspiring!

Now there's a brave woman.

(Claps) YEAH YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!😘

This is amazing! Brave person (0 o 0 )

Seeing few people like her, who smuggled hundreds of Jewish and still thousends and who knows how many were executed 😠

We need more people like her! Respect 100%!

She lost the Nobel Peace price to Al Gore, ridiculous.

she was nominated for nobel prize in 2007, but Al Gore won for his "global warming" (or climate change) campaign. I believe Irena should have gotten that award for saving children's lives.

Shenwa nominated for the Peace Nobel Price. But Al Gore got t for a powerpoint presentation...

Truly a good, decent human being.

Nasza bohaterka ♥