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UKRAINIAN WOMAN OUR ENGLISH COLUMN Our Fifteenth Anniversary W e are tooth proud and happy to announce th at w ith January, 1959.issue our jornal is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. It w as ■on Jan uary 1, 1944 th a t the very first issue of O.UR L IF E w as pre sented to its readers by the Board of the U krainian N ational W om en’s League. Though its appearance m ay have come as a to tal surprise to m ost of the U krainian women, O U R L IF E ’s “com ing out” w as long-discussed and w ell-prepared by the Board. The need for a pub lication of our ow n w as urgent. W e cam e to realize th a t every o r ganization requires such an agent which w ould act as a com mon ■bond am ong its m em bers. It would also serve as the L eague’s m outhpiece relating its activities to the general public. U p to th a t tim e the U N W L sponsored a w o m en’s section in th e new spaper “A m erica,” expounding the league’s aims and accom plish m ents. Soon, how ever, w hen this space did not prove sufficient, the idea of publishing our own jo u r nal was born. It w as a bold and risky step to take during W orld W ar II. P ri m arily, because the organization’s life som ew hat slackened as m any of its m em bers and even whole branches joined th e ranks of vo lunteer w orkers for the A m eri can Red C ross; alm ost all had sons serving in th e arm y. Second ly, the publication of a new spap e r dem anded a g re a t am ount of absorbing w ork and even greater financial expenses. Y et it soon be cam e evident th at all efforts w ere w orthw hile. W ar w as reaching its final stages and now our num bers could expand the activities of the League. All greeted O U R L IF E w ith obvious pleasure and pride. T has began the colorful life of O U R L IF E . D uring th e years it developed from a sm all 8 page publication into an illustrated journal of 32 pages. In its ed ito r ials, com m entaries, and articles it presented an overall picture of U W N L ’s problem s and social ac tivities. It discussed objectives, posted appeals, and reported on the functions of different branch es. In due tim e it num bered am ong its readers alm ost all U k rainian w om en in the U nited States. T oday OUR L IF E reports on th e accom plishm ents of U krain ian and A m erican w om en alike. Besides it furnishes its readers w ith a literary section, supports a discussion of cu rren t problem s and offers a variety of practical advice. Ju st recently it began posting news about the present life of w om en in the Com m unist- governed U kraine, aim ing to give its readers a true, factual picture. This could be effected since now U W N L num bers am ong its m em bers m any prom inent wom en who have lived and endured th e atro ci ties of this very regim e, _ have know n the conditions existing in U kraine, and can discuss this m at te r w ithout th e typical falsehood of R ussian propaganda. By treatin g on such a w ide va riety of subjects, O U R L IF E , in a short span of 15 years, has be com e the m agazine of U krainian w om en all over the world. The U krainian w om an cherishes it deeply despite the fact th at it is som ew hat m odest in appearance, unable to boast of beautiful color illustrations or costly advertise m ents. It endow s its reader w ith an intangible gift of faith in her ow n significance and her destiny in the m odern w orld. L ooking back on 15 years of w ork w e think ourselves justified in accepting the w arm w ishes and congratulations of U krainian w o men scattered throughout the free world. W e hope th a t in the future OUR L IF E will con tinue to be their own cherished journal. NATALENA KOROLEVA IS SEVENTY YEARS OLD No w riter could even hope to create a story equal to th e ro m ance and adventure th a t was N atalena K oroleva’s life. T he no t ed U krainian authoress w as born in 1888 near Burgos, northern Spain, on th e estate of her m oth e r’s noble Spanish fam ily. H er childhood was spent alternately betw een Spain and U kraine w here her father, Count A drian D udin-B orkovskyj resided. She w as a child of tw o w orlds, an em bodim ent of tw o cultures, a fusion of tw o tem peram ents. M oreover N atalena was im m ensely talen t ed. She possessed a fine voice, a flair for painting, and an interest in archeology. In 1906 she made her stage debut in St. P etersburg and received excellent reviews. There, the young girl captured the attention and finally the h eart of a P ersian dulce, Iscander Ibn K urush H akham anish. B ut the lovers could not reach an agree m ent. Finally after the duke had becom e a C hristian they w ere m arried in 1915. T heir m arriage happiness did not last long for shortly afterw ards the duke was killed in the w ar; the authoress ■had to bear her first blow of tra gedy. T rying to forget h er p er sonal loss she joined th e Red Cross, and she w as wounded while w orking as a nurse. A fter the w ar N atalena K oro leva left for P rague w ith a U k rainian delegation. T here she m et her future husband, a U krainian w riter and socially prom inent W asyl K orolev. It w as he w ho in duced her to perfect her know l edge of U krainian, and directed •her talen t on th e p ath of literary creativeness. As a w riter N atalena K oroleva is original and unsurpassed in h er
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