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T h e W F U W O B o a r d w it h it s P r e s id e n t M rs. O le n a S a lis n ia k (th ir d fr o m le f t ) h a d a S tu d y D a y a t th e E x p o 67 in M o n trea l, C a n a d a social w orker, served a s th e B u re a u ’s f ir s t director. 1959— T h e second W orld Con g r e s s o f U k rain ian w om en w a s held in N e w Y ork under th e a u s p ic es o f W FU W O . R e p r esen ta t iv e s fr o m 14 w om en ’s organ iza tio n s in 10 co u n tries to o k p a rt in th e C on gress. T h e n ew co u n tries w h o join ed W FU W O , w e re B ra zil, A u str ia , V en ezu ela. H a v in g em braced a lm o st all U k rain ian w om en in th e F re e W orld — W FU W O n o w str iv e d to help th e m w ith n ew p r o je c ts and id eas. A n o th er r e su lt o f th e Con g r e s s d elib eration s w a s th e W FU W O L itera r y C om petition. I ts p atron is M iss M ary B eck, D e tr o it C ity Councilw om an. 1960—W FU W O g a v e th e in i tia tiv e fo r P a r e n t S em in ars. E d u cation al S ta n d in g C om m ittees w ere fou n d ed in d iffe r e n t cou n tr ie s . Special a tte n tio n to p re sch ool ed u cation led t o th e fo u n d in g o f D a y C enters fo r children, conducted b y w om en ’s org a n iza tio n s. 1961— On th e in itia tiv e o f W FUW O th e w om en ’s organ iza tio n s o f Canada organ ized F olk A r t S tu d y D a y s w ith e x h ib its o f ceram ics and em broid ery in S a s k atoon and E dm onton. 1962—A reg io n a l C onference to ev a lu a te th e m o st im p ortan t a c tiv itie s o f w o m en ’s o rg a n iza tio n s w a s h eld in T oron to in D e cem ber. S im ilar C on feren ces w ere h eld in 1963 in N o t t in g ham , E n glan d fo r E u rop e and in 1967 in C uritiba, B razil fo r S o u th A m erica. 1963—W FU W O to o k p a rt in th e C on gress o f t h e In ter n a tio n al W om en ’s Council in W a sh in g to n a s a fr a te r n a l o rgan ization . W FU W O w a s rep resen ted b y M rs. H elen Prociuk. 1966—W FU W O b e c a m e a m em b er o f t h e G eneral F ed er a tio n o f W om en ’s Clubs, In ter n a tio n a l S ection in W a sh in g to n . T h a t y e a r M rs. H elen L o to tsk y rep resen ted W FU W O a t th e G F WC C on ven tion in C hicago. 1967—In con n ection w ith th e W orld C ongres o f F r e e U k ra in ian s in N e w Y ork W FU W O sp on sored a W om en ’s S essio n w h ich w a s atten d ed b y r e p r e se n ta tiv e s from 14 w om en ’s org a n iza tio n s fro m th e U S A , Canada, A u str a lia, S ou th A m erica and E urope. 1968—Two n ew m em b er or ga n iz a tio n s join ed W FU W O — located in th e U S A and G reat B ritain . N ow W FUW O includ es 16 m em ber org a n iza tio n s in 10 cou n tries. W FU W O stim u la te d a m o v e in th e Y e a r o f In te r n a tio n al H um an R ig h ts and sig n e d a m em orandum w ith o th er e th n ic w om en ’s o rgan ization s From the W orld C ongress of U krainian W om en in N ew Y ork (1959): M iss M ary B e c k , D e tr o it C o u n c ilw o m a n a n d fo u n d e r o f th e W o m e n ’s L ite r a r y C o n test is a d d r e s s in g th e a u d ie n c e . F ir s t fr o m le f t is M rs. O len a S a lisn ia k , W F U W O ’s P r e s id e n t F ro m the WFUWO R egion al C onference in B razil (1967): M rs. Ir e n e P a w ly k o w s k a t a lk in g w it h w o m e n ’s le a d e r s НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — БЕРЕЗЕНЬ, 1969 21
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