Helena Römer-Ochenkowska: Life and Legacy Early Life and Education Helena Römer-Ochenkowska (born August 2, 1875 – died March 26, 1947) was a prominent Polish writer, playwright, journalist, and social activist. She was born in Vilnius, Poland, to Alfred Izydor Römer, a painter, and Wanda Sulistrowska, an aristocrat. Her lineage included Michał Józef Römer, a notable politician. She received her early education at a private girls' school in Kraków before dedicating herself to educating villagers on her family estate in Karolinów from 1897. Furthering her academic pursuits, she studied at th…