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corrected. It was a special honor, to be selected rappateur for the session on Health, which was chaired by Mrs. Pnina Herzog of Israel. At this session it was Українські делегатки з Канади та Каміля Смородська /С У А / та к н я ж н а Пурчат ра в Тайлянду, нова голова М і ж - народньої Ради Ж ін о к під час конвенції у Ванкувері. Перш ий ряд від ліва: Н. Ш емелю к, к н я ж н а Пурчатра, Г. Мельник, К. Смородська. Другий ряд Л . Ґреґори, О. Цилюрик, О. Миськів Delegates from Canada of Ukrainian descent with Princess Purachutra of Thailand, President o f ICW . Back row: Mrs. Lillian Gregory, Mrs. Olga Celurik, Mrs. Olga Myskiw. Front row: Mrs. Nancy Shemuluck, Princess Prem Purachatra, Mrs. Halyna Camilla H uk Smorodsky. COMMUNITY LIFE In the second decade of the twentieth century, a Ukrainian Teachers' Organization (1913) was formed in order to coordinate Ukrainian school curriculum. Also during these years, the Ruthenian National Association, founded in Shamoken in 1894, became the first organi zation of a decidedly national character, taking on the name Ukrainian National Association. It was followed by the Ukrainian Workingmen's Association (1910), the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics of America (1912) and the Ukrainian National Aid Association (1914). Then like now, these organizations concerned themselves not only with the insurance of their members, but also with all aspects of Ukrainian cultural and civic life. The leadership of Ukrainian life in America was in large part suppled by these organi zations in that in 1915 they formed a Ukrainian National Council and in 1940 they promoted the formation of the' Ukrainian Congress Committee of America which is pre sently the coordinating body for Ukrainian activity in America as well as being the political representative body of Ukrainian-Americans. The teens were also a time of great political excite ment in terms of current events in the homeland: World War I, the Ukrainian Revolution and its aftermath. The events of World War I first spurred an action among Ukrainians in America, officially led by the First clear that due to diverse cultures and environments, health problems cover a wide scope — from genetic defects to nutrition. In all these workshops, the topic for study for the upcoming three years was the child and its place in our society. Since the United Nations has declared 1979 the Year of the Child, all councils will be focusing their attention on the problems of today's child. Simultaneously with the aforementioned workshops, others were conducted on such topics as Women and Employment, International Relations and Laws and Sufferage. During the plenary sessions, broader topics were presented by such notables as Helvi Sipila, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, who stressed the important role of voluntary organizations. She called on women to take an active part in governmental planning, decision making and implementation. Other speakers stressed the importance of education for women in preparing them for their roles as well as confronting the problems of children, who today often require care outside the home. Other speakers called on the younger generation to become catalysts in starting and moving projects. Despite the hardships of commuting to Canada, when all airlines were barred from landing in Vancouver, it was great to see Mrs. Rozankowsky arrive for the second week. Exhausted from 24 hours of continuous traveling, our President concentrated all her strength and efforts towards active participation in all sessions. Ukrainian Assembly (Soim-1915), to promote the inde pendence of a Ukrainian state embracing all demographically Ukrainian territories. The fraternal organizations were instumental in collecting and sending money to Ukraine during the crucial years of struggle. In 1917, the Ukrainian National Association in fluenced President Woodrow Wilson to declare April 21st "Ukrainian Day" and allow Ukrainians in the U.S. to solicit funds for Ukrainian purposes during World War I. The Ukrainian National Aid Association designated a Fund for the Freeing of Ukraine. After 1917-1918 (when the Independence of Ukraine was proclaimed first in Eastern Ukraine and then in Western) and after the Polish occupation of Ukraine, money was again sent to support the Western Ukrainian government in exile. In 1921, when an official diplomatic representation of the Western Ukrainian National Republic opened in Washington D.C., Ukrainian-Americans cooperated closely with the mission. The Ukrainian Revolution had failed, but the mission still hoped to win America's support for the recognition of Ukrainian independence. The Ukrainians, however, could not overcome the negative stance of Washington to the independence of something which, in the eyes of the State Department, was "a part of Russia." The Carpatho-Ruthenians played an important role in the fate of Transcarpathia when they in 1918 signed 22 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ, 1976 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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