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E L E A N O R A K U L C H Y C K Y THE UNWLA BUILDING REFLECTIONS T h e b i- p a r tis a n a tte m p t to in c re a s e th e size of A m e ric a ’s v o tin g p u b lic h a s c o n tin u a lly g a in e d m o m e n tu m d u rin g re c e n t y e ars. A t e le c tio n tim e w e a re d e lu g e d w ith a p p e a ls fro m a ll q u a rte rs to go to th e p.olls a n d v o te, w h o e v e r o u r c a n d id a te s m ay be. A n d fro m e le c tio n to e le c tio n a la r g e r p e rc e n ta g e of fo rm e r n o n -v o tin g c itiz e n s re a liz e th e im p o rta n c e of e x e rtin g th e p re c io u s r ig h t ,of th e v o te. W h e th e r th e in c re a se of v o tin g is d u e to e ffe c tiv e a d v e rtis in g o r is a re fle c tio n of a d e e p e r re a liz a tio n 011 th e p a r t of th e A m e ric a n p e o p le th a t o n ly th o se w h o u se th e ir rig h ts c an p re s e rv e th e m , th is g r e a te r a c tiv ity is a v e ry g ra tify in g sig n of o u r n a tio n ’s p .o litical h e a lth in th e s e tim e s o f w o rld -w id e p o litic a l d isease. T h e re s u lts o f th e re c e n t p r e s id e n tia l e le c tio n m a y n o t b e p le a s in g to e v e ry o n e , b u t th e r e is o n e a sp e c t of th e e le c tio n w h ic h b o th R e p u b lic a n s a n d D e m o c ra ts lo o k u p o n w ith p rid e . O n N o v e m b e r 4, 1952 th e A m e ric a n p e o p le w e n t to th e p o lls in g r e a te r n u m b e rs th a n e v e r b e fo re . A n d in th e f o re fro n t o f th is g r e a t d isp la y of th e b a sic p rin c ip le o f d e m o c ra c y — th e v o te w a s th e la rg e s t g ro u p of w o m e n e v e r to v o te b e fo re , a n y w h e re in th e w o rld . I f w e h a v e a r ig h t to b e p ro u d o f th e c o n d u c t of th e n a tio n a s a w h o le in th is e le c tio n , w e c e r ta in ly m u s t b e p ro u d o f A m e ric a n w o m a n h o o d . A lm o st a ll th e m a jo r p o litic a l a n a ly s ts a g re e th a t th is w a s a “ w o m a n ’s e le c tio n ”— it w a s th e f e m a le v.ote th a t p la y e d th e d e cisiv e ro le in th e o u tco m e. A m e ric a n w o m e n h a v e h ith e rto b e e n n o to rio u s y re m is s a b o u t th e ir p o litic a l rig h ts a n d o b lig a tio n s. A fte r a lo n g a n d so m e tim e s b itte r stru g g le , w o m e n su c c e e d e d in w in n in g a n e q u a l fo o tin g w ith m e n in A m e ric a n p o litic a l life , o n ly to r e la x a n d b e co m e la z ily d is in te re s te d in th e v e ry rig h ts fo r w h ic h th e y fo u g h t so h a rd . M a n y w o m e n f e lt th a t p o litic s w a s th e b u sin e ss o f m e n ; m a n y b e lie v e d th a t th e y w e re n o t q u a lifie d to p ic k a c a n d id a te ; m a n y w e re c o n te n t to s ta y in th e ir h o m e s a n d a llo w th e w o rld to ta k e c a re of itself. P e rh a p s it w a s th e d e ep lo n g in g fo r p e a c e f e lt b y th e m o th e rs, siste rs, a n d w iv e s of o u r s o l d ie rs in K o re a th a t b ro u g h t w o m e n to th e p o lls th is y e a r. T h e a n a ly sts seem to fe e l th a t th is is th e case. B u t w e c a n n o t o v e rlo o k d e e p e r ly in g cau ses. A n d th e m o st im p o rta n t o n e is th a t w o m e n h a v e b e e n w a k in g u p in r e c e n t y e a rs — re s p o n d in g to th e m o ie r n te m p o of liv in g . T h e y a re b e co m in g le a d e rs in b u sin e ss, in th e a rts , in p o litics. W o m en a re b e c o m in g e d u c a te d , in fo rm e d . I t h a s b e e n sa id th a t th e d e g re e of in fo rm e d p o litic a l a c tiv ity in a n a tio n is th e fin a l m a rk of th a t n a tio n ’s re la tiv e m a tu rity . I t is o n ly n a tu r a l th a t in th e g ra d u a l e v o lu tio n of w o m e n ’s ro le as w o rld -c itiz e n , a h ig h c o n sc io u sn ess of th e im p o rta n c e of p o litic s sh o u ld b e o n e of th e la s t a n d m o st d iffic u lt a c h ie v e m e n ts. B u t n o w , w e in A m e ric a a re re a liz in g th a t s ta te ,of m a tu rity . W e h a v e h a d w o m e n in th e S e n a te , w o m e n in th e H o u se of R e p re s e n ta tiv e s . D u rin g th e n o m in a tin g c o n v e n tio n s th is su m m e r a t le a s t th re e w o m e n w e re m e n tin - ed p ro m in e n tly as p o ssib le c a n d id a te s fo r th e v ic e -p re s id e n c y . W o m e n a re b e c o m in g m o re a n d m o re a c tiv e on th e lo ca l a n d s ta te p o litic a l sc e n e a n d n o w — th e u ltim a te sig n , m o re w o m e n th a n e v e r b e fo re v o tin g in a n a tio n a l e le ctio n . T h is, th e n , is th e c u r re n t n e w s of th e tim e s. I t is so m e th in g to b e p ro u d of. Is it n o t p o ssib le th a t w o m en m a y b rin g a n e w v ie w -p o in t, a d e e p e r in s ig h t, a g r e a te r s e n s itiv ity t,o b e a r on th e w o rld ’s p ro b le m s? Is A lo n g c h e rish e d h o p e of th e U k r a in ia n N a tio n a l W o m e n ’s L e a g u e is a b o u t to b e co m e a re a lity . A s th is issu e g oes to p re ss, fin a l a r r a n g e m e n ts a re b e in g m a d e to c o m p le te th e p u rc h a s e of a b u ild in g w h ic h w ill b e th e H e a d q u a rte rs ,of th e W o m e n ’s L e a g u e . T h e la rg e b u ild in g o n N o rth F r a n k lin S tre e t in P h ila d e lp h ia w ill s e rv e to h o u se th e e x e c u tiv e h e a d q u a rte rs , E d ito ria l S ta ff a n d a d m in i s tra tio n of m a g a z in e “ O u r L ife ” a n d w ill p ro v id e a so u rc e o f in co m e fo r th e L ea g u e. In th e e v e n t th a t th e C e n tra l O ffice is m o v e d to a n o th e r c ity , th is in co m e w ill sjif>port th e .of fice s o f th e n e w h e a d q u a rte rs . T h e L e a g u e h a s a t la s t se c u re d a h o m e w h e re th e la rg e c o lle c tio n of U k ra in ia n a r t c a n b e p ro p e rly d is p la y e d , w h e re a lib r a r y o f U k ra in ia n p u b lic a tio n s c an b e m a in ta in e d a n d h a s e s ta b lish e d a n o ffice w h ic h w ill re fle c t th e s tre n g th a n d p re s tig e of th e U k ra in ia n W o m e n ’s o rg a n iz a tio n . A ll B ra n c h e s of U N W L A a re p a r tic ip a tin g in th is p ro je c t. it n o t p o ssib le th a t e n lig h te n e d w o m a n h o o d m a y fin d th e a n s w e r to som e of th e rid d le s th a t a re c o n fu sin g o u r tro u b le d w o rld ? T h e v o tin g r e c o rd is ju s t a s ta rt. W o m e n m u s t noi o n ly v o te, th e y m u s t b e in fo rm e d — th e y m u s t p a rtic ip a te . D id y o u v o te in th e e le c tio n ? If th e a n s w e r is yes, good. B u t y o u c a n n o t sto p th e re . R eso lv e to k e e p a n in te r e st in w o rld a ffa irs, so th a t y o u w ill b eco m e a p a r t of th e d e cisio n s, g re a t a n d sm a ll, w h ic h m u st b e m a d e a n d m a d e w e ll, if w e a re to su rv iv e . T h ese d e cisio n s c a n n o t b e m ad e w ith o u t w o m en .
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