Century (1845) by the women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller. In 1996, Halina Filipowicz published a study from a feminist perspective on Plater's legacy on gender roles and stereotypes in Poland. She also became the theme of paintings by several artists of the epoch, among them Hippolyte Bellangé, Achille Deveria, Philipp Veit, and Wojciech Kossak. A lithograph by François Le Villain based on Deveria's work became one of the most recognizable portraits of her, popularizing her image as a delicate and noble female warrior. Emilia Plater has been depicted on the 50 zloty in 1940. She was depicted on the Second Polish Republic's 20 zloty note. During World War II, a Polish female support unit, Emilia Plater 1st Independent Women's Battalion, a part of the Soviet Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division was named in her honor; its former members founded a village of Platerówka in Lower Silesia. Several streets, including In Kapčiamiestis, a small memorial museum in her honor was opened in 1984 and a monument to Plater by sculptor was erected in 1999. Emilia Plater is a patron of 14 schools in Poland and several in Lithuania. Artistic and historical exhibitions commemorating Emilia Plater have been taking place in Belarus, although her figure remains largely ignored by the official state ideology of the Lukashenka regime. See also Maria Piotrowiczowa, female insurgent of the 1863 Polish uprising References External links Original letter by Emilia Plater, in which she confirms the fact that she joined the ranks of the army of her own will Westphalian Plater family 1806 births 1831 deaths Military personnel from Vilnius People from Vilensky Uyezd Emilia Polish countesses Lithuanian people of German descent Polish Army officers 19th-century Lithuanian women 19th-century Polish military personnel Polish female soldiers Women in 19th-century warfare November Uprising participants