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OUR LIFE MONTHLY, published by Ukrainian National Womens League of America V o l . Х Х У І І . A P R I L , 1 9 7 0 N o . 4 Women's Liberation Front A s w e g o to p ress, th e W om e n ’s L ib eration F ro n t in th e U S A is g a in in g in p u b licity and m em b ersh ip . Founded b y B e tt y F rie - dan, au th or o f “F em in in e M y s tiq u e ,” th e L ib eration F ro n t ad v o c a te s fa r -r e a c h in g social ch a n g es fo r w om en. I t dem ands equal o p o rtu n ities and r ig h ts fo r w om en in th e ir social, ed u cation al, p o litica l and econom ical en d eavors. T h e m o v em en t is fa r fro m b ein g g e n tle , q u iet and la d ylik e. I t is radical, loud, and fo rcefu l. T he fe m in is t m o v em en t is b y no m ean s n ew to A m erican w om en. Som e 50 y e a r s ago, u n der th e lead ersh ip o f Carrie Chapm an C att and S u san B . A n th o n y A m erican w om en w on th e ir v o tin g r ig h ts and sin ce th e n th e y h a v e seem ed to be con te n t w ith th e ir v ic to r y and n o t a t all e a g e r t o co n tin u e th e str u g g le . A m erican w om en ev e n r e je c te d coop eration w ith in ter n a tio n a l o rgan ization s (.eg ., In te rn a tio n a l A llia n c e o f W om en) w h o con tin ued th e ir a c t iv itie s on b e h a lf o f equal r ig h ts and oppor tu n itie s fo r w om en. T h erefore, t h e W om en ’s L ib eration F r o n t and i t s a c tiv itie s com e a lm o st a s a su rp rise. O bviou sly to d a y ’s y o u n g A m erican w om an is n o t s a tis fie d w ith h er lo t. S h e r e alizes on ly too w ell t h a t w om en in th e U S A are fa r fr o m b ein g recogn ized a s equal. S o c ie ty con tin u e s t o im p ose on h er th e sa m e tr a d itio n a l ro les and w a y s o f b e h avior. B u sin e s s a lw a y s h a s it s m ean s o f e x p lo itin g w om en. A g la n ce a t th e w a g e lev els in th e U S A su p p orts th e la tte r. T he a v er a g e p a y fo r m en w a s $76 6 4 in 1969, w h ile t h e a v er a g e p a y fo r w om en w a s $4457. Y et, th e r e a re ab ou t 30 m illion w om en w o rk in g and t h e y c o n stitu te ab ou t 40% o f th e to ta l U S A la bor force. A y o u n g m an w ith a b ach elor’s d egree w ill u nd ou bt ed ly s ta r t in th e b u sin e ss w orld in th e ca p a city o f an “e x e c u tiv e tr a in e e ,’ w h ile a w om an w ith th e sa m e d egree w ould h a v e t o g a in h er en tran ce in to th e b u sin ess w orld v ia ty p in g or sec reta ria l jo b s. A m erican w om en o f to d a y h a v e learn ed fr o m th e l e f t is t and B lack grou p s th a t m ilita n c y p a y s and b rin g s d esirab le r e su lts and th e y fo llo w su it. T h e d em ands o f th e L ib eration F r o n t a t tim e s, are d iffic u lt to a g re e w ith . T h eir re jec tio n o f m en a s p artn ers see m s r a th e r s tr a n g e and a sig n o f w e a k n e ss; w h ile r e fu sa l o f E v h e n F o m i n w om en to be tr ea te d a s to y s or p la y th in g s in p erson al and b u si n e ss life see m s to be e n tir e ly a p p rop riate and w o r th y o f su pp ort. T h e L ib eration F r o n t’s d em ands fo r w om en ’s r ig h ts to m ak e fr e e ch oices in th e ir liv e s, and th e ir d em ands fo r equal op p ortu n ities, equal p o litica l and econom ic r ig h ts are eq u ally w o r th y o f su p p ort. T h e L ib eration F r o n t’s e f f o r ts to m ak e th e w om an a w a re o f h er ow n p o ten tia l, ca p a b ilities and h er r ig h ts und er t h e su n and to m ak e h er w a n t th e s e th in g s a re th e b e s t fe a tu r e s o f th e w h ole m ovem en t. A s e v e r y fe m in is t m ovem en t, th e L ib eration F r o n t is m e e tin g M O T H E R I trod th e road, a s ea r th w a s b e in g d ressed in h er n ew g a rm en ts, fr a g r a n t, fr e s h and green . T h e tw ilig h t sh a d o w s on th e fie ld s o u g h t r e s t and round ab ou t m e le s s and le s s w a s seen . S om ew h ere t h e fa r h orizon h a s b een l o s t ; and h e a v y sleep ab ou t m e sp read it s w in g s. W eary, I fe ll a sleep . . . m y v isio n crossed m y m oth er, d ea re st o f al m ortal th in g s . In h er lean hand, a cr esce n t sick le b u r n e d ; i t sparkled, a s i t blazed, w ith te a r s o f pain. H ow lo n g a g o i t w a s. . . . N o w I d iscern ed on ce m ore t h a t m ise r y y o u r sou l h ad slain . W h en I aw ok e, t h e su n r ise w a s a flam e, and to it , w ith a son g, t h e poplar bent... M y m o th e r ’s fa c e — t h e k n ow led ge la ter cam e — I o n ly sa w as th r o u g h th e fie ld s I w en t. F r o m t h e b o o k “ U k r a i n i a n P o e t s ” t r a n s l a t e d i n t o E n g l i s h b y C . H . A n d r u s y s h e n a n d W a t s o n K i r c o n n e l l НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — КВІТЕНЬ, 1970 17
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