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MARTHA BOHACHEVSKY CHOMIAK MARRINELLE SULLIVAN, A FRIEND OF THE UNWLA Marrinelle Sullivan, the President of the National Council of Women of the USA, between 1986-1988, and its Executive Director for over eighteen years before that, died on October 9, 1994. At the time of her death, she was the liasion officer of the International Council of Women to the United Nations Family Committee. We at the UNWLA will miss her, even those of us who did not know her well. Most of us remember her presence at the Convention of the UNWLA in Cleveland in 1987. She will remain especially in our memory as the president and heart of the NCW during the celebrations of the centenary of the International Council of Women in Washington in July, 1988. That was also the meeting at which the UNWLA emerged from the sidelines of the ICW into the very center of activities. Marrinelle Sullivan was very much a part of the widening of the NCW beyond the sphere of the old United States of the upper and upper middle classes to reach out to the wider audience that reflected the changing nature of the country. Marrinelle, in both of her capacities at the NCW, was in the foreground of actively changing NCW to encompass more fully all segments of American society. I remember Marrinelle at the National Press Club in Washington, in the big vaulted hall, surrounded by women in historical costumes from the varied parts of Ukraine, reflecting its rich and often troubled history, as I introduced the many luminaries present at one of the highlights of the centenary celebrations — the reception for the participants of the Centenary hosted by the UNWLA. Marrinelle loved people, made everyone feel at home, and was especially effective in drawing out the women who were not in the mainstream of the historical work of the National Council of Women. Let us recall her luminous life and carry on her work in the friendly manner that was her trademark. We will cherish her memory, and keep her in our prayers. A THANKSGIVING TALE BY TAMARA STADNYCHENKO Early in October, I had a telephone conversation with UNWLA President Anna Krawczuk, who asked if I would write an article about Thanksgiving for the November issue of O u r Life. She indicated that the UNWLA publication was currently quite popular in Ukraine, that readers there had an avid interest in Amer ican life, culture and customs, and that they would find an article about Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States particularly appealing. My initial reaction to the idea was somewhat ambi valent — the topic might be a novelty for readers in Ukraine, but what could I write that would not seem simplistic for readers living here in the diaspora. They, after all, are familiar with the history and traditions associated with this holiday and might find it strange that an article about something that is so quintessen tially American had found its way into a magazine for Ukrainian readers. How was I to find an angle that would work for readers here and readers there? What could I write that would in some way unify the tradi tional American concept of Thanksgiving and its rela tionship to Ukrainians in the diaspora? And did such a relationship even exist? Part of the answer to these questions came in the form of another early October telephone conversation, when my sister called to ask whether our parents would be upset if she didn’t come home for Thanksgiving this year. She and a few friends, also Ukrainian-American, were hoping to spend the long weekened camping and hiking in the mountains. My initial knee-jerk reaction was, ’’How can you not come home for Thanksgiving? Everybody in America goes home for Thanksgiving!” 20 ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИСТОПАД 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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