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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America V o l . L V I I I J U L Y - A U G U S T 2001 E d it o r : T A M A R A S T A D N Y C H E N K O W e C elebrate 225 Years of Independence in the United States of America 10 Years of Independence in UKraine FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT T o d a y I sh are w it h y o u v e r y sad new s. L o n g t im e P r e s id e n t a n d H o n o r a r y P r e s id e n t o f the U N W L A I w a n n a R o z a n k o w s k y j p a s se d a w a y o n Ju n e 18, 2 0 0 1 . A s U N W L A P re s id e n t, I b id h e r a f in a l f a r e w e ll at the m e m o r ia l s e r v ic e a tte n d e d b y f a m ily , fr ie n d s a n d U N W L A m e m b e rs w h o w o r k e d w it h h e r d u r in g h e r d e d ica te d s e r v ic e to o u r o r g a n iz a tio n . D e a r F a m il y a n d F r ie n d s a n d U N W L A m em bers: It is w it h g rea t s o r r o w that I, o n b e h a lf o f the E x e c u t iv e C o m m it te e a n d a l l the m e m b e rs o f the o r g a n iz a tio n , sa y g o o d b y e to Iw a n n a R o z a n k o w s k y j - f o r m e r P r e s id e n t a n d H o n o r a r y P r e s id e n t o f the U k r a in ia n N a t io n a l W o m e n ’ s L e a g u e o f A m e r ic a . Iw a n n a R o z a n k o w s k y j w a s the fo u n d e r o f B r a n c h 6 4 o f the U N W L A in N e w Y o r k C i t y a n d w a s its firs t P r e s id e n t. S h e w a s a m e m b e r o f the b y - la w c o m m itte e s o f the U N W L A , the W o r ld F e d e r a tio n 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 , a n d the U k r a in ia n A m e r ic a n C o n g r e s s C o m m itte e . S h e s e rv e d o n the B o a r d o f D ir e c to r s o f the N a t io n a l C o u n c i l o f W o m e n / U S A a n d se rv e d as a m e m b e r o f the C o u n c i l ’ s e le c t io n c o m m itte e . S h e w a s a u n iq u e a n d u n u s u a l w o m a n in h e r tim e , a w o m a n I b e g a n to k n o w a n d le a rn a b o u t c lo s e ly w h e n I w a s e le c te d P u b li c R e la t io n s C h a i r o f the U N W L A . T h e g o o d o f the o r g a n iz a tio n w a s a lw a y s a p r io r it y f o r her. S h e h a d a v is io n f o r the o r g a n iz a tio n and s tro v e to see it th ro u g h b y a l l p o s s ib le m eans. S in c e its fo u n d in g , o n e o f the p r in c ip le g o a ls o f the U N W L A has b e e n the m a in te n a n c e o f the U k r a in ia n id e n t it y o u ts id e U k r a i n e ’ s b o rd e rs . I w a n n a c o n t in u o u s ly a d h e re d to t h is p r in c ip le a n d r e m in d e d the m e m b e rs o f the U N W L A o f i t in h e r w r itin g s . D u r in g h e r ten u re, the o r g a n iz a tio n b e c a m e a c t iv e ly in v o lv e d in e v e r y a sp e c t o f U k r a in ia n A m e r ic a n lif e . S h e s a w a n e e d to g r e a t ly e x p a n d the r o le o f U k r a in ia n w o m e n in A m e r ic a in the I n te rn a tio n a l w o m e n ’ s m o v e m e n t. In O s lo , N o r w a y , in 1978, at the m e e tin g o f the E x e c u t iv e C o m m it te e o f the In te rn a tio n a l C o u n c il o f W o m e n , th e n P r e s id e n t I w a n n a R o z a n k o w s k y j r e m in d e d e v e r y o n e tha t at the 1920 m e e tin g in O s lo , the N a t io n a l C o u n c i l o f W o m e n o f U k r a in e b e c a m e a m e m b e r o f t h is p r e s tig io u s o r g a n iz a tio n a n d then, w it h the lo s s o f its sta te h o o d , lo s t it m e m b e rs h ip . S h e s p o k e o f the t r a g ic state o f U k r a in ia n w o m e n u n d e r the S o v ie t re g im e and ab o u t the w o r k o f th e U N W L A .
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