Aleksandra Piłsudska (b. Swalki, Poland, 1882– d.1963, London, UK). In 1904, she joined the Polish Socialist Party (PPS), soon acting as a PPS agitator. She was the second wife of Józef Piłsudski (Chief of State), and so the First Lady of Poland in 1921-1922. During the First World War, she worked in the intelligence and communication section of the First Brigade of the Polish Legions. After the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, she fled with her daughters via Lithuania, Latvia and Sweden to the United Kingdom where she remained until her death.
