Cecylia Plater-Zyberk

Cecylia Plater-Zyberk, Plater coat of arms, (born 8 May 1853 in Pass, Poland - died 6 January 1920 in Warsaw) was a social activist, educationalist, publicist and religious.

On her father's side she was descended from two illustrious German families: the Plater von Broëls from Westphalia and the Syberg zu Wischling clan originally from the Ruhr, who arrived in Courland with the Teutonic Order.

[2] After home-schooling on the family estate, "Schlossberg" in Courland, she attended the Sacred Heart school in Posen.

After the Second World War and Poland's return to full independence, the school is now called the "Cecylia Plater-Zyberk Centre for Continuing Rural Education".

Her subject matter ranged between Pedagogy and social and religious themes, including the place of women in society.