Michalina Wisłocka

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Michalina Wisłocka (July 1, 1921 - February 5, 2005) was a Polish gynecologist and sexologist, author of Sztuka kochania (The Art of Loving, 1976), the first guide to sexual life in the Communist countries. Her book become a bestseller (total circulation of 7 million copies) and started greater openness about matters of sex and sex life in Poland.

She was co-founder of Society of Sensible Maternity (Towarzystwo Świadomego Macierzyństwa) in which she worked on infertility treatment and birth control. She was chief of first in Poland Dispensary of Sensible Maternity (Poradnia Świadomego Macierzyństwa) in Institute of Mother and Child (Instytut Matki i Dziecka) in Warsaw, Poland. In 70s of XX Century she was chief of Cytodiagnostic Laboratory of Family planning Society.

She died in Solski Hospital (Szpital Solski), Warsaw, due to cardiac complications after myocardial infarction. She was burried February 11, 2005 in Evangelical-Augsburg Graveyard (Cmentarz Ewangelicko-Augsburski), Warsaw.