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In Memory of a Great Teacher How far U kraine has been se vered from the Free W orld, may be attested to by the fact th at the report of the death of a lead ing Ukrainian woman education alist and public w orker has reach ed the Ukrainians outside the Iron Curtain in no less than ten years after her demise. Hence only now the Ukrainian women are paying homage to the memory and great m erits of this personality. Constance (K onstantina) Ma- litska was born in 1872 in W est Ukraine. Inflamed in her youth by the slogans of feminist move ment spread by its pioneers, she at once plunged into activities of the first Ukrainian women's socities. H aving acquired wide education, she devoted her work chiefly to teaching. At the same tim e she was earn estly engaged in social and p atri otic actions. For she came to re alize that the mission of the Uk rainian women ought to be ex pressed not alone in contending for civic rights and gaining them, but likewise in struggling, abreast of men, for freedom of their peo ple. Thus she had been one of the first educated women of W est Ukraine who devoted their lives to this ideal. In her w ritings and speeches she was com bating for the cause of liberation of the U k rainian nation from the fetters of occupants and oppressors. And she had won numerous followers. She was one of the champions among the women of Ukraine w'ho, through th eir unceasing ed ucational work, had succeeded in attaining the m aturity of political development of U krainian women so that the young U krainian de m ocratic Republic, shaped and es tablished in 1917, found it feasible to grant the women equal civic rights. Subsequently Constance M alit- ska was exiled by the Russian oc cupants to Siberia, along w ith other U krainian patriots, from where she returned after several years of suffering. Outside of her professional and social w ork she was also prom i nent as literary w orker and jour nalist. She was well known for her writings for children as well as an editor of a juvenile m aga zine. She was a talented and se rious publicist who had often been determ ining the point of view in many a difficult problem. She died at Lviv, capital of WTest Ukraine, in January, 1947. H er death has been kept conceal ed by the bolshevik authorities from the public for they well re membered her patriotic posture and her austere relentlessness. THE FUND OF FIVE HUNDRED The events in Eastern Europe have alerted the Ukrainian orga nized womanhood. A crack has appeared in the Iron Curtain. It has been dem onstrated by the Hungarian revolt, and the Free W orld has by now realized w hat potential forces of resistance are dorm ant within the prison of na tions named USSR. The Ukrainian people are w ag ing one of the most stubborn com bats of resistance against the en slavement of Ukraine. Mindful of this task the W orld Federation of Ukrainian W om en’s Organizations (W FUW O) has raised the slogan of mobiliz ing all forces of organized women toward the coming action of assis tance. The political happenings and developments are rolling along rapidly, and there might arise in U kraine a situation simi lar to that in H ungary. Hence the Ukrainian women m ust realize the necessity — to get our forces reaidy. W e m ust continue our struggle against the enemy of human freedom and of hum anity. Therefore we m ust have the means for it, that is the necessary funds. This fund has been named in honor of 500 slaughtered women — the Fund of Five Hundred and its name ought to ring e v e r y where to make the task success ful. All U krainian women’s or ganizations throughout the Free World are now organizing the campaign for this fund. There are varied ways of attaining this goal. The UNW LA has already formed the Commission of the Fund of Five Hundred which has started its action. The organizations in other countries will adapt their action to the circumstances. REPORTS OF UNREST IN UKRAINE The headlines in American newspapers have been of late her alding the reports of disturbances in the w estern parts of Ukraine. You have been reading: Soviets Admit U nrest in Uk raine; Red Supply Trains W reck ed in U kraine; Soviet Trains Blown up by Ukrainians, and so forth. The Ukrainian readers have been agitated most deeply by the following news item in the Ob server of London, of December 15 last: 15,000 Soviet troops, m ost of them Ukrainians, have d-eserted and joined the rebels in Hungary in the mountains of Borsod, near the frontier of Carpatho-Ukraine which forms a part of Soviet Union. This news did not surprise the U krainians as they are well aware th at the struggle in U kraine has continued for years. It passed through varied phases — from rising in arms carried out by the U PA (Ukrainian Insurgent A r my) to passive resistance of the people. True, the bolshevik te r rorism has annihilated many U k rainian insurgents, yet their ranks are ;being ceaselessly re manned. They have now leveled their action at the sorest spot — reverting the red troops and their ammunition from the roads lead ing to Hungary. The U krainian women have been following breathlessly these reports. These scant accounts do not present a full picture of oc- curances in Ukraine, however, they dem onstrate that all the en slaved nations are ready to fight against the bolshevik tyrants. The Ukrainians ihave lent their aid to НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — СІЧЕНЬ, 1957 17
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