She campaigned for women's right to vote in Poland, which was then partitioned between Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Born to Ewelina Porczyńska and Leon Kuczalski in January 1859 in Warsaw, then part of the Russian Empire.

In 1894 she founded 'Delegacja Pracy Kobiet przy Towarzystwie Popierania Przemysłu i Handlu', aiming to gain women full rights of access to the crafts and to provide courses for women.

In 1895, she founded the periodical Ster dedicated to women's rights, published first in Lviv (1895–97) and then in Warsaw (1907–14).

In 1907, she founded the 'Związek Równouprawnienia Kobiet Polskich' ( Union for the Equal Rights of Polish Women),[2] fighting for a general enfranchisement regardless of sex, national background, or religion, by means of a direct and secret ballot.