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feminist movement as well as literary productions. 1891—Natalie Kogrinska called a mass meeting in Strey, West Ukraine, whicjh resolved to send a petition to the Austrian parliament asking for cre ation of high schools for girls and for admission of them to the universities. 1900—At the beginning of the. 20th century the Ukrainian women had already been admitted grad ually to political parties. Most of the young women participated in the Ukrainian Revolutionary Party at Kiev. 1901—In Lviw, West Ukraine, a Ukrainian so ciety “Club of Ruthenian (Ukrainian) Women” gave stimulus to branching of women’s activities. A co operative, named Trud, was organized there which maintained a school and a dressmaking shop. An other society, the Ukrainian Nursery, had as its ob ject the maintenance of kindergartens. The Society of Summer Vacation took care of city children sending them to villages for vacation. The girls had a society of their own, the Ukrainian Girls* Circle (I^viw and Czernowitz), and there was also in Kiev an association for protection iof working women. 1905—The women gained admittance to colleg es in Austria and Russia. 1906—The first Ukrainian periodical for wo men, titled “Meta” (Goal) appeared at Lviw, under the editorship of Daria Shukhevicjh Starosolska. The magazine had articles on feminist movement and on educational subjects. 1910—The Ukrainian girls began to participate in gymnastics, sports and military formations. Sepa rate branches for girls were formed by Sokil, an or ganization for sports and gymnastics, also Girl Scouts (1912), and a detachment of girls, a part of Ukrainian Sharpshooters (1913). During the World War 1 several Ukrainian girls endured all hardships of the warfare, and received military distinction. The war for liberation in Ukraine attracted more young women. In military campaign the following personages distinguished themselves: Sophia Halechko (1898-1918). Hanna Dmiterko. Marusia Sokolovska, a leader of an insurgent detachment, liquidated by bolsheviki. Vera Babenko, an intermediary of the Ukrain ian Army, liquidated by bolsheviki. 1917—When the revolution in Russia broke out, the first Ukrainian Parliament (the Central Rada) was called in Kiev. The women won then the right to vote and to be elected, and they had 11 members in this parliament. Two of them were, members of the Executive Committee of the Republic. They were Ludmila Staritska Chernyakhivska and Zina ida Mirna. UKRAINIAN WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS CELE BRATE ANNIVERSARY In all centers of Ukrainian set tlement the women’s organiza tions have begun to celebrate the 70 th anniversary of the Ukrain ian feminist movement. They are observing- it in impressive manner at special concerts or gathering's. The 'commemorations were held already at Philadelphia, Chicago, Montreal, and are being prepared at New York, Detroit, Winnipeg, Toronto and in many other cities of United States and Canada. Reports were received that Uk rainian women’s organizations in other countries of the Free World are likewise planning to mark off this important anniversary. PAN h PACIFIC c o n g r e s s The Pan-Pacific Association of Women is going to hold its con ference, toward the end of next January, at Manila, Philippine Is lands under the slogan “Social and Economic Interdependen■ce.,, The Ukrainian women’s organiza tion at Sydney, Australia, has re ceived an invitation to take part in this -conference. It was invitecl through the National Council of Women of Australia to which it is affiliated. It will be very interesting for the Ukrainian women living in the countries on the Pacific Oceon, to get acquainted with the problems of this sphere. Many a theme of the conference, like handicraft and folk-art, are well known to them from their native •country, and they could add to the success of the conference thanks to their large experience. A STUDY DAY OF MMM At the Study Day of the World Movement of Mothers (MMM) on October 13 at Bonn, Germany, the representative of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations (W FU W O)', Mrs. Olexandra Boyko, presented a re port of economic difficulties of Ukrainian mother in emigration. The material for it had been col lected by WFUWO from its mem- ber-organizations in 10 different countries. During the discussion on “Part time work of the woman Mrs. Maria Tomashivs'ka, also a repre sentative of WFUWO, presented data on gainful employment of the Ukrainian woman. The part-1 time employment appears in var ied forms, and the Ukrainian emi gration .has already been able to create the possibilities by which they are profiting. The third treatise presented for the Study Day was “(Day Nurser ies in Ukraine.” It reviewed the educational system of USSR which is attempting to replace the mother’s care of the child by go vernment sponsored institutions. The result of such attempts is la mentable since these government sponsored nurseries impress their brand on the physical and mental development of the child. This paper was presented by the leader of the delegation, Mrs. Zinaida Vityaz who is a Vice-President of WFUWO. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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