In mid-1860, the actress and her mother settled in Warsaw. However, Kirkorowa did not continue her acting career, but joined the pre-uprising patriotic movements. During the
January Uprising she was a courier and an agent of the
Polish National Government. She traveled to Kraków and Vilnius transporting money and documents; her apartment in Warsaw served as a clandestine meeting point. She housed co-conspirators involved in the uprising, such as Jan Koziełł-Poklewski. From November 1, 1863,
Romuald Traugutt began to hide at her place, in an apartment at
Smolna Street, rented under the name of Michał Czarnecki with the express purpose of housing Traugutt. Kirkorowa organized the communication of the commander of the uprising, passing correspondence and orders through women couriers. After Traugutt was arrested on the night of April 10, 1864, Kirkorowa was not arrested immediately and thus managed to pass on some of the remaining documents. Arrested a day later, she made a misstep by sending a secret message to her mother asking her to warn people connected to her, which was intercepted by the investigators, as a result of which her mother and one of the female couriers were detained, and the case of Kirkorowa was added to the trial of Traugutt and other members of the National Government. After the investigation was completed, she was imprisoned in the
Warsaw Citadel. == Exile in Siberia ==