Chana Blanksztejn

Chana Blanksztejn (floruit 1920s) was a Polish-Jewish writer and journalist, predominantly active in Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania).

In the 1922 Polish legislative election, she entered as a candidate from the Jewish Democratic People's Block, a wing of the Folkspartei, although she did not secure a win.

The stories resonate with Blanksztejn's feminist and activist ideologies, exploring themes encompassing female independence, equality, and fulfilling work.

Later, this collection was translated into English, bringing to light the life and work of a widely admired woman whose memory was on the brink of obscurity.

The themes addressed in these stories are diverse and are quintessential to Yiddish and interwar literature, highlighting panic and desperation, poverty, female education and professionalisation, and the complexities of romantic relationships.