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Our Cultural Endeavors The many-faceted scope of the cultural work of the WFUWO is indeed tremendous when v/e con sider th a t its prim ary goal of fostering and perpetuating the FIRST UKRAINIAN WOMAN DOCTOR This year m arks the 100th an niversary of the birth of one of U kraine’s first woman physi cian, Sophia Okunevska Mora- chevska. Her fath er was a physician. Having lost her m other while still a child, she was brought up by a relative, N atalia Kob rynska, one of the pioneers of the Ukrainian women’s move ment. Sophia’s fath er encour aged his daughter’s ambitions to attain a higher education. In 1885 she completed her high school education in Lviv and left for medical school in Switzer land, because women were barred from A ustrian universi ties. In 1890 she attained her medical degree and completed her internship in Franzensbad, A ustria, and Cracow, Poland, where she lived w ith her hus band. The couple had 2 children — a son and daughter. Although Sophia Morachevska lived the longer p art of her life outside of Ukraine and thus had little influence on the Ukrainian women’s movement, her dedi cated ambition influenced many young Ukrainian women to pur sue university studies. cultural heritage of the U krain ian people is carried out in the m idst of foreign cultures. The age-old Ukrainian culture was form ulated under the influ ence of various beliefs and trends, and has consequently re sulted in a m ultitude of customs. These evolved from an agricul tural economic basis and thus did not always lend themselves to adaptation in the countries to which Ukrainians emigrated. To acquaint U krainian youth with these treasured customs and to find the best methods of preserv ing them has been prim ary con cern of U krainians in the Free World. For this reason the Uk rainian women’s organizations have laid such stress on arrang ing community Christm as sup pers and presenting program s which would feature folk trad i tions and customs. Ukrainians are a musical peo ple and folk songs are an integ ral p art of Ukrainian culture. The U krainian women’s organi zations sponsor several women’s choruses and dram atic groups where young people have the op portunity to learn stage craft un der some of the actors of the Ukrainian stage. Women’s or ganizations have been among the first to present program s of pop ular music and comedy sketches with the participation of young people. Recently, one of the member organizations of W FU WO sponsored a competition for satirical w riting, which brought in numerous entries of good lit erary quality. Folk crafts and a rt are other vital interests of women’s or ganizations. A fall a rt exhibit of works by women artists is pre sented annually in New York, and on the 80th birthday anni versary of the prominent artist Olena Kulchycka, an exhibit of her works was presented in Chi cago by the local women’s Re gional Council. Books and Ukrainian litera ture have also received their share of attention, and local Uk rainian Book Clubs have been founded in all m ajor Ukrainian communities for the reading and evaluation of current U krainian literature. In addition to fostering old world traditions and actively supporting the development of new ones, the WFUWO provides for the education of its members. Thus, women’s organizations sponsor lectures, discussion eve nings and panels on the m ost vi tal social and political problems of our era. Recently, the 15th anniversary of WFUWO was m arked w ith a conference on the different roles of Ukrainian women in Soviet Ukraine and in the Free World. All these activities of the W F UWO combine into a well-devel oped program which is designed to foster and perpetuate the tra ditions of Ukrainian culture and to widen the horizons of U krain ian women. Sophia K arpinska Cultural Chairman BOOK CLUBS Through the efforts of W FU WO a num ber of Book Clubs have been organized at the va rious Branches for the purpose of discussing new publications of U krainian literature. Club mem bers usually m eet once a month, and the m eetings are frequently open to the public. The C u 11 u r a 1-Educational Commission of WFUWO has compiled a special listing of books by women authors for the use of the Club members. The Commission is currently prepar ing biographies and studies of the literary charactistics of the women authors. WOMEN IN PRISONS The Women's Association at the League of Ukraine’s Libera tion is preparing a book about women who died during World W ar II in prisons and concentra tion camps. Thousands of Uk rainian women perished in this way, struggling for the freedom of their country. 1 8 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ГРУДЕНЬ, 1965 C o u n ’c ilw o m a n M a ry B e ck , fo u n d e r of W F U W O ’s L ite r a r y A w a rd fo r w o m e n p re s e n ts a c h e e k to th e 1984 w in n e r — w r ite r H a n n a C h e rin of C h icago , 111. 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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