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W O M AN OF CO NSCIENCE A W A R D The N ational Council of W om en striv in g to recognize th e h u m an rig h ts activities of its m em b er organizations and to honor individual wom en w ho have de voted m ajo r e ffo rt to th e cause of advancing hum an rig h ts will p resen t th e annual “W om en of Conscience” A w ard to one m em b er of each of its m em ber org an ization. The p resen tatio n will be m ade during th e 40th B iennial M eeting O ctober 15-17, 1968 in New Y ork City. E ach m em ber organization w as asked to send NCW th e nam es of th re e of its wom en m em bers w ho have m ade o u t stan d in g contributions to hum an rig h ts. One wom an from each or ganization w as chosen by a p an el of prom inent judges headed by M rs. G erald D. L ev y ; M iss K itty Carlisle, actress and TV panelist, M iss M arcia D avenport, autho r, Dean Nell E u rich of V as- sar College, D r. D orothy H ough ton, dean em eritus of th e College of H um an Developm ent, Judge Florence M. Kelley, A d m in istra tiv e Judge, D r. M arg aret Mead, anthropologist, M rs. M ary Roe- bling, chairm an of th e board of th e T renton T ru st Com pany, Dr. Helen T au ssig of Johns H opkins H ospital and D r. B enneta B. W ashington, director of th e W om en’s Job Corps. The U krainian N ational W om en’s League of A m erica also p re sented a list of its m em bers. M rs. A n astasia Volker, Vice- P resid en t w as elected W om an of Conscience. H er long-tim e m em bership in our organization and h er service to hum an rig h ts in th e D etro it com m unity m ade h er eligible fo r th is aw ard. CH RISTM AS FOODS Q U E ST IO N N A IR E Our cu ltu ral chairm an is p re p arin g a cookbook of old U krain ian C hristm as recipes. A special questionnnaire has been issued p ertain in g to tab le setting s, serving sequences, and th e p rep aratio n of trad itio n al foods. The inform ation received will be used in th e p rep aratio n of th e book. FROM L E T T E R S TO OUR B R A N C H E S League of U krainian W om en B ranch 2 of C hester, Pa. D ear M rs. Iw achiw : On beh alf of th e p atien ts, d uty personnel, and Com m and ing O fficer, we w ant to person ally th an k you fo r your m ost generous donation of 21 Jun e 1968. The television set was m ost b eau tific and will do m uch fo r th e m orale of our bed p a tien ts. As I am w ritin g th is letter, th e re is an A ir E vac due in from V iet-N am , consisting of 10 pa tien ts. I know you ladies are aw are of th e im portance of tele vision to hospitalized p atien ts. The m otto used to be ‘T h at M u sic T herapy ,” b u t now adays it seem s “T h at TV is T h erapy .” I salute those of you w ho did not neglect or d efer; b u t who have rem em bered th e boys who have braved th e rice paddies and jungles of V iet-N am and who, th ro u g h th e ir valor, h av e raised th e pride of all of us. W ords cannot express our h e a rtfe lt appreciation fo r your generous donation. I t is very h eartw arm in g to us h ere a t V al ley F o rg e to know th a t th ere are people such as you and The League of U krainian W omen, who really care. Sincerely yours, Josep h A d ler C, Special P ro jects L IT E R A R Y T R A N S L A T IO N COM PETITION The W orld F ederatio n of U k rain ian W om en’s O rganizations has established a L itera ry T ranslation C om petition to en courage young bilinguists to try th e ir hand a t tra n sla tin g U k rainian lite ra ry w orks. The firs t com petition held in 1966, w as won by M iss B ohdana W olanska fo r h er tran slatio n into E nglish of K ath erin e S h tu l’s sh o rt sto ry “The M eeting.” The second com p etitio n called fo r a tran slatio n of Sophia P arfano w y ch’s “D an g er.” The w inner of th is com pe titio n has no t y et been selected. C L E V E L A N D E V E N T S The P ro g ram Book of UNW LA B ranch 60 in Cleveland, Ohio, lists several in tere stin g events w hich took place in A ug ust and Septem ber. A picnic w as held a t Lakewood P a rk on A u gu st 18. One h alf of th e Pavilion a t Lakewood was reserved fo r th e Club and a Band C oncert w as presented in th e evening. In A u gu st tw o to u rs w ere o r ganized to U kraine by th e Ship- ka A gency. U N W LA m em bers who w ent on th e to u rs have prom ised to sh are th e ir ex peri ence w ith th e entire m em bership of B ranch 60. On Septem ber 5 a lecture on “A W om an’s A pproach to M en opause” w as given in th e W est Side F ederal B uilding. D r. Gene W. B oychuk w as th e speaker. M E E T IN G W ITH T H E VICE P R E S ID E N T M rs. A n astasia V olker, U N W LA Vice P resid ent, will receive a W om an of Conscience A w ard fo r h e r o u tstan din g contribution to hum an rig h ts a t th e NCW 40th B iennial M eeting on Octo b er 15 in New Y ork City. In honor of th e occasion B ranches 32, 53 and 72 will have th e op p o rtu n ity to m eet w ith M rs. Vol k e r a t th e U krainian In stitu te of A m erica on O ctober 18. HISTORIC COSTUM ES A T FO L K F E S T IV A L M em bers of U N W LA C hapter 64 p resen ted a show ing of h is to ric costum es a t th e Folk F e s tiv al in D auphin, M anitoba in Ju ly 1968. H igh C anadian gov ernm ent officials and thousands of visitors to th e F estival viewed th e showing. O U R LIFE E d ited b y E d ito ria l Board P u b lish ed b y th e U k rain ian N a tio n a l W om en’s L eagu e o f A m erica, Inc. 4936 N . 13th S t. P h ilad elp h ia 41, P a. 28 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЖОВТЕНЬ, 1968 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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