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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women s League of America VOL. XLV MAY 1988 Editor: Marta Baczynsky THE CENTENNIAL OF ICW AND NOW OF U.S. This year marks 100 years since the founding of the International Council of Women and the National Council of Women of the United States. The gala celebrations are scheduled to be held in Washington, D.C. in June. How it all began... Although the International Council of Women was officially formed in 1888, its basic ideas have been nur turing and gathering momentum since the beginning of the industrial revolution. The social ills of the time — slavery, abominable working conditions for both women and children, deprivation of the most elementary legal rights for women, illiteracy — awoke the collective con sciousness of women and spurned them toward action. The slavery issue was the catalyst which started the ball rolling. In 1840 a number of American men and women sailed for London to attend the World’s Anti- Slavery Convention. Among them were two prominent individuals — Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stan ton, known for their public campaign on behalf of women’s rights. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately for the women’s movement, American women delegates to the Convention were barred active participation in the proceedings. This affront caused great indignation which echoed throughout the civilized world and served as the incentive on the part of women in many countries to organize, publish journals and offer parliamentary petitions on behalf of women’s rights. In 1848 the First Women’s Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls, N.Y. to discuss “social, civil and religious conditions and rights of women.” “We hold these truths to be self evident” that all men and women are created equal: that they are en dowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights .... that the history of mankind is a history of repeated injur ies and usurpations on the part of man toward woman ... To prove this let facts be submitted to a candid world.” (from the Declarations of the Seneca Convention) Every good enterprise takes time to develop, and the next forty years served that purpose in terms of women’s enlightenment in the United States as well as throughout Europe. The industrial revolution, well nestled as the way of life for the future, called for skilled labor which led to the popularization of both primary UNWLA WILL HOST RECEPTION FOR ICW The Ukrainian National Women’s League of America will host a reception during the Centen nial Celebration marking the founding of the Inter national Council of Women and the National Council of Women of the United States, to be held in Washington, D.C. from June 27, 1988 to July 4, 1988. The scheduled reception for delegates, guest and members of UNWLA, will be held at the presti gious National Press Club in Washington on Saturday, July 2, 1988, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. One of the highlights of the reception will be the presentation of historical costumes of Ukraine, presented by Branch 64 of UNWLA. UNWLA’s Branch 78, whose home base is the nation’s capital city, will handle the registration procedures for the NCW. Registration for the Conference of ICW will be held at the Marriot Hotel, June 25th through June 28th. The gala opening is scheduled for Monday, June 27th, at the Kennedy Center. For information concerning the Centennial Conference, please contact Marta Bohachevsky-Chomiak 1809 Rupert Street McLean, VA 22101 703 790-8518 and secondary education for men and women. Institutes of higher learning for women were established during that time in England — Queen’s College and Bedford College, and Mount Holyoke, Elmira and Vassar in the United States. In literature two popular works were con stantly reprinted and translated into other languages — John Stuart Mill's “The Subjection of Women” (1868), tracing the English feminist movement and “Women and Socialism” (1879) by German Social-Democratic leader August Babel, aimed to broadcast the feminist ideals among the working class women. 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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