Polish landed gentry families played a very important role in promoting independence and passing on cultural heritage. One representative of one of them was Władysława Wolszlegier - Obertyńska, who came from the Wolszlegier family, well-known and distinguished in Kashubia and Krajna. She was born in 1893. Already in her youth she took up teaching rural youth. She passed on knowledge of the Polish language, history and singing. In her home town of Cołdanki, she founded the library of the Society of People's Readers, where she organised readings and soirees on the occasion of major national anniversaries. She actively participated in the work of the secret Civic Committee in Chojnice. In 1918 it was transformed into the District People's Council, and Władysława Wolszlegier - Obertyńska was elected deputy president. In the same year she became a delegate to the District Congress in Poznań, during which she actively participated in the work of the Education and Schooling Committee. In 1919, she was appointed liaison officer between the insurgent movement in Pomerania and the Headquarters in Poznań.

Taking advantage of her good knowledge of the Polish community in Chojnice, she took the initiative to organise a singing society. With the cooperation of generous individuals, the first performance of the established Polish choir ‘Lutnia’ took place as early as the beginning of 1919, i.e. a year before the independence of Pomerania.

Due to her husband's transfer in 1920, Władysława Wolszlegier - Obertyńska moved to the Kielce region, and then to Warsaw. During the occupation she became actively involved in the resistance movement. She brought aid in the form of medicines and food to Jews imprisoned in the ghetto. She also took part in the Warsaw Uprising. She was arrested and imprisoned by the Gestapo in Szucha Avenue prison. After the war, she was decorated with the Greater Poland Uprising Cross and, in 1972, with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Władysława Wolszlegier - Obertyńska died on 20th November 1986 in Warsaw. She was buried at Powązki cemetery.

The contemporary generation of Poles, learning about Władysława Wolszlegier - Obertyńska's biography, see not only an exceptional woman for whom the education of children and young people is an important social mission, but also a patriot who went down in the pages of our regional history.