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WFUWO Journalists 1 Division W ith th e d evelop m en t o f th e U k rain ian w om en's p ress in th e F re e W orld th e r e g r e w th e need D A R IA ST A R O SO L SK A T h e f i r s t U k rain ian w om en ’s new sp ap er “M eta” b egan ap p ear in g in L v iv in 1908. I t w a s p u t ou t b y th e U k rain ian W om en ’s C ircle and it s in itia to r w a s a y o u n g civ ic lead er — D a ria S ta rosolsk a. A m u sic te a ch er b y pro fe ssio n , sh e w a s a lso a g ifte d jo u rn a list. ‘M eta” w a s e v e n tu a lly forced to stop p u b lication due to fin a n cial d iffic u ltie s, b u t it s ed itor con tin ued to w rite. H er a rtic les on ed u cation , m u sic and lite r a tu re fr e q u e n tly appeared in th e U k rain ian w om en ’s p ress. H er w r itin g s ty le w a s a u niq ue e x p ressio n o f h er ow n id ea s and v iew s. T h is in v o lv e m en t in U k rain ian civic r ig h ts b ro u g h t h er to a tr a g ic end. W hen in 1939 th e R u ssia n s occupied W estern U k rain e, t h e y d irected th e ir p er secu tio n a g a in st U k rain ian c iv ic lead ers and th e ir fa m ilie s . D aria S ta ro so lsk a ’s husband, V olod y- m yr, w a s a rrested a t th is tim e , and sh e to g e th e r w ith h er tw o children — a son and d a u g h te r — w a s se n t to K azak h stan , w h ere sh e died am id g r e a t h ard sh ip s in 1940. D a r ia S ta r o s o lsk a fo u n d e d t h e f i r s t U k r a in ia n w o m e n ’s p a p e r “M eta ” in 1908 fo r an organ ization t h a t w ould u n ite w om en jo u r n a lists. T h e in . itia tiv e fo r th e fo u n d in g o f su ch an organ ization w a s p rovided b y th e P r e ss C om m ittee o f th e W orld F ed era tio n o f U k rain ian W om en ’s O rgan ization s. T h e J o u rn a lists D iv isio n w a s fou n ded in 1960 and is h ead ed b y Mrs. S te fa n ia B ubniuk, ed itor o f W om en ’s W orld, a U k rain ian w om en ’s m agazin e w h ich is p u b lish ed in W inn ip eg. M em bers o f th e D iv isio n ’s B oard o f D irecto rs include M esdam es B u rach yn sk a, K ohuska, Z elska and M uchyna. T h e in itia l e f fo r ts o f th e J o u r n a lis ts D iv isio n w ere d irected to w ard in c r e a sin g th e m em b er sh ip , g e t t in g th e m em b ers in t e r e ste d in th e D iv isio n ’s w ork and w o rk in g w ith th e m on planned p ro je cts. T h e se e f fo r ts h a v e been h ig h ly su c c e ssfu l. T he| m em b er sh ip n ow includ es 40 w om en jo u r n a lists fr o m v a rio u s coun tr ie s o f th e F re e W orld. To d a te it h as n o t been p ractical to ar ra n g e a m e e tin g or con feren ce o f th e m em b ersh ip, b u t co n ta c t is m ain tain ed th ro u g h le tte r s and b u lletin s. T h e B oard o f D ire cto r s k eep s in close to u ch w ith th e m em b ersh ip and su p p orts th e m in th e ir w ork. F u r th e r e f fo r ts w e re d irected tow ard th e e sta b lish m e n t o f th e a rch iv es o f th e J o u rn a lists D iv i sion. T h e y are located in W in n i p eg , th e s e a t o f th e D iv isio n ’s B oard o f D irectors. T h e a rc h iv es include U k rain ian w om en ’s p ress p u b lication s as w ell as ed itio n s o f earlier su ch p u b lication s. In ad d ition th e D iv isio n o ff ic e m a in ta in s a file on each m em ber, w h ich includ es h er p h oto, b io grap h ical d ata and a record o f h er w r itin g s. T h e J o u rn a lists D iv isio n h a s also prepared b i-lin g u a l m em b er sh ip c e r tific a te s fo r id e n tific a tio n p u rp oses to fa c ilita t e th e m em b ers’ p a rticip a tio n in p ro fe ssio n a l m e e tin g s and p ress co n fe ren ce s. T he D iv isio n ’s B oard is cu r r e n tly p la n n in g to aw ard c e r tifi c a te s fo r th e y e a r ’s b e s t p u b lish ed a rtic les in order to en cou rage НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — КВІТЕНЬ, 1970 L a te O le n a Z a lizn ia k , W F U W O P r e s id e n t O L E N A Z A L IZ N IA K In 1957 O lena Z alizniak b e cam e head o f th e W orld F e d e r a tio n o f U k rain ian W om en ’s Or g a n iz a tio n s (W F U W O ). S he w a s a lea d in g fig u r e o f th e U k rain ian organ ized w om en ’s m o v em en t w h o d evoted h er e n tire life to it s w ork. Olena Z alizniak w a s am on g th e f i r s t w om en in W estern U k rain e to re ceiv e a h ig h e r ed u cation . S h e w a s a born ed u cator, b u t alth o u g h sh e loved and under stood y o u n g people, sh e w a s eq u ally in te r e ste d in civ ic w ork. L iv in g in L v iv , V ien n a and Mon treal, sh e g a th er ed to g e th e r w om en fo r civic p r o je c ts and or gan ized w ork. S he g a in e d m an y fr ie n d s fo r th e U k rain ian o rgan ized w om en ’s m o v em en t b y h er ap pearan ces a t th e co n g r e sse s o f th e L eagu e fo r P ea c e and F r e e dom in V ien n a (1 9 2 1 ) and P ra g u e (1 9 2 9 ). F or tw e lv e y e a r s s h e d irected W FU W O under th e d iffic u lt c ir cu m sta n ces o f te rrito r ia l d is . p erse m en t and e x ile s ta tu s . I t w a s w ith deep g r a titu d e fo r h er w ork and d evotion th a t U k ra in ian w om en bade a fin a l fa r e w e ll to Olena Z alizniak on Ju ne 16, 1969. S h e died in M ontreal. its m em b ersh ip to g r e a te r a c tiv ity . E f f o r t s a re a lso b ein g m ad e to en cou rage y o u n g p ro fe ssio n a ls to jo in th e D iv isio n . L . B . 21
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