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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America V O L . M M A Y 1 9 9 4 THE MOTHER W o rk , e n d le s s w o rk ! M y b a c k is n u m b . M y h a n d s h a v e lost all fe e lin g . M y G o d ! A n d sh all I n e v e r rest F ro m to rm e n ts p a st re v e a lin g ? W a it, w ith th e n ig h t c o m e s h e a lin g ... T h e n ig h t h a s c o m e , all g o to rest, A ll s in k in s lu m b e r m ild; B u t still e x h a u s te d m o th e r w a k e s T o s o o th e an a ilin g c h ild . W o rk , e n d le s s w o rk ! M y b a c k is n u m b , M y h a n d s h a v e lost all fe e lin g . M y G o d ! A n d s h all I n e v e r rest F ro m to rm e n ts p a s t re v e a lin g ? W a it, S a b b a th s ca n b rin g h e a lin g .... T h e h o ly S a b b a th h a s a rriv e d A n d all in la n g u o r d ro w s e , W h ile M o th e r, in a s tu b b le fie ld , H a s g o n e to te n d th e c o w s . PETRO KARMANSKY (1878-1956) W o rk , e n d le s s w o rk ! M y b a c k is n u m b , M y h a n d s h a v e lo st all fe e lin g . M y G o d ! A n d s h all I n e v e r rest F ro m to rm e n ts p a s t re v e a lin g ? W a it, w in te r c a n b rin g h e a lin g . T h e w in te r c o m e s . In b e d a t n ig h t T h ro u g h s le e p all s o rro w s d w in d le . O n ly m o th e r c a n n o t rest F ro m to ilin g a t th e s p in d le . W o rk , e n d le s s w o rk ! M y b a c k is n u m b , M y h a n d s h a v e lost all fe e lin g . M y G o d ! A n d s h all I n e v e r rest F ro m to rm e n ts p a s t re v e a lin g ? Y es, fo r th e g ra v e b rin g s h e a lin g ! T h e m o th e r d ie d . A n d th u s w e s t o u t T h e w h o le h o m e ’s c h e e rin g fire . T h e o rp h a n s w e e p : W h o n o w w ill te n d O u r c la m o ro u s d e s ire ? (From The Ukrainian Poets, U niversity of Toronto, Press, 1963 Translated into English verse by C .H. Andrusyshen and W atson Kirkconnell.) M A R T H A B O H A C H E V S K Y -C H O M IA K C O N F E R E N C E S O F U K R A IN IA N W O M E N ’S O R G A N IZ A T IO N S IN 19 9 3 W o m e n c o n s titu te m o re th a n 5 5 % o f th e p o p u la tio n in U k ra in e . B u t th e y m a k e u p less th a n 3 % o f its le g is la tu re , a n d n o t ev en 1% o f its g o v e rn m e n t. B e c a u s e th e c o m m u n is t re g im e h a d in its p ro p a g a n d a stre s s e d th e a c h ie v e m e n ts o f w o m e n in th e U S S R , e s ta b lis h in g a q u o ta o f w o m e n ’s w o rk , fo r m a n y c o n te m p o ra ry U k r a in ian s w o m e n ’s rig h ts a n d c o m m u n is t e x p lo ita tio n o f th e in d iv id u a l te n d to fu s e , th u s d is c re d itin g a n y a tte m p t at w o m e n ’s rig h ts . F u rth e rm o re , fe m in is a tio n o f lo w p a y ing p ro fe s s io n s , th e p r e p o n d e ra n c e o f w o m e n in la b o r in te n s iv e p h y s ic a l w o rk , a n d re c e n tly p e rm itte d id e a l ize d d re a m s o f liv in g a s tre s s -fre e life s u p p o rte d b y a w e ll-p a y in g h u s b a n d h a v e all c o n trib u te d to g iv in g a n y a s p e c t o f fe m in is m o r w o m e n ’s rig h ts a b a d , o r a t b e st, a d u b io u s re p u ta tio n . A t th e s a m e tim e , s p ira lin g in fla tio n a ry p ric e s , c o n v o lu te d p o litic s , a n d th e s tre s s e s o f u n c e r ta in ty a fte r d e c a d e s o f d u b io u s to ta lita ria n s ta b ility , h a v e hit w o m e n w ith p a rtic u la r fo rc e s in c e it is th e w o m e n w h o ru n th e h o u s e h o ld , c lo th e th e fa m ily a n d c a rry th e o v e ra ll p r im 14 ’’НАШЕ Ж ИТТЯ”, ТРАВЕНЬ 1994 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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