Paulina Petronela Krakowowa (29 June 1813 – 16 February 1882) was a Polish writer, publicist, editor, teacher, and social activist.

She was born Paulina Radziejewska on 29 June 1813 in Warsaw, Congress Poland in the Russian Empire, the daughter of Szymon Radziejewski and his wife Ewa née Sielski.

At school, Paulina studied German, English and French, electing to deepen her education in the fields of literature and history of her own accord.

During the November Uprising Paulina's father lost his fortune and set up a company that sewed linen for hospitals.

It was reviewed in Literaturnaya Gazeta in 1840 by Pyotr Pavlovich Dubrovskii (ru:Дубровский, Пётр Павлович).

[3] The first Polish collective publication created exclusively by women, Pierwiosnek had a group of participants largely made up of pupils and followers of Klementyna Hoffmanowa and Stanisław Jachowicz.

[12] In 1863, she participated in the Piatek association, a women's organisation helping the families of killed and imprisoned insurgents; she led meetings with Seweryna Pruszakowa (Duchińska), another writer, and Monika Korzeniowska.