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On March 1 a program entitled "Meeting with a Book", was held at the UNWLA headquarters, which was a repeat of the successful seminar, sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee during the XVII Convention. The program, arranged by Mrs. Lubow Wolynetz, featured three speakers — Vlra Andrushklw "Childrens Literature", Marta Tarnawska "Ukrainian Literature in English translation", and Svltlana Lucka "Women's Literature". PROFILE From tim e to time we w ill feature a Profile o f an in te resting person. The above article is the firs t o f the series. This w ill n o t fo llo w the standard pattern o f interview s o r characterizations, listin g virtues, faults, accom plishm ents. Rather, it w ill capture a moment, a memory, a glim pse o f an individual. Vira Andrushkiw is someone I've known for a long time. She, being a few years my junior, was never really a friend as would benefit the word, during our teen years, but I knew she was around. Later, I've heard she married and moved from New York, but since I have never found out her married name, talk about her always eluded me. Now, please, I am not trying to flatter anyone. I am sim ply trying to express a feeling of utmost pleasure at seeing a quiet girl child turn into a vibrant, outspoken, charm ing woman. Vira Andrushkiw was one of the speakers at the program "Meeting with a book". Her topic was children's literature. What would she say, I wondered. I remember her as being one who listened, rather than spoke. But that has changed. Only the disarming, totally honest appealing smile remained the same. She spoke in a loud, clear voice, com pletely at ease with the audience and with her subject. She introduced to the audience a variety of Ukrainian children's books on the market, pointing out their good qualities and bad. Her criticism was gentle and constructive, attesting to experience with children and their wants and needs. Some of her remarks: Ukrainian children's books are not geared for the level of a child's understanding for which they are intended; the vocabulary is too difficult, the themes are not in keeping with the child's modern environment; they are on the whole very nicely illustrated. She would like to see books from which a child can learn about Ukraine in a simple, happy language; books which would tie in a child's Ukrainian background with his present American environment. Vira Andrushkiw had my complete attention, as well as that of the audience. She even made a personal remark to me, when I, agreeing with some statement she made, nodded my head. It pleased me trem end ously — me, who usually turns beet-red at any unsolicited attention. I was proud to be acknowledged as a friend by this young woman, whose claim to fame in my early, silly teen years, was the fact that she had an older brother. Editor. AN EVENING SONG Outside the panes, the day grows cold W here broke the day's firs t clangour... Close in my hands at eve I hold Your hatred and your anger! Place on my lap the cruel rocks Day's memories repeat; The silver of your worm wood bring And lay it at my feet. So that your light, unfettered heart May like a free bird sing; That you, the mightiest, may recline And at my soft lips cling. Soft as a child's low laughter I With a warm kiss unsought, Shall blot out all the flaming hell W ithin your eyes and thought. OLENA TELIHA ERA — IS ALL HOPE LOST? 1975 — The International Women's Year — the hopes for its crowning achievement, the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, have all but vanished. On April 16 the North Carolina House of Representatives rejected the proposed Amendment. In 1972 the proposed amendment passed in Congress and according to law, ratification by 3/4 states (38) was necessary for it to be added to the U. S. Constitution; To date only 34 States have passed ERA in their State Houses. Although since 1972 ratification went swiftly and many women won seats in state legislatures in last years elections, the opposition to ERA seems to have taken a strong lead. 1979, the deadline for ratification, is coming up fast, and it looks like an uphill fight all the way for promoters of the Amendment. There are many reasons why ERA opposition has gained strenght. The large industrial states quickly ratified the proposed amendment, while the rural, more 20 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, КВІТЕНЬ 1975 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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