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tions, educational levels, political leanings, and profes sions. The women o f U N W L A are lawyers, doctors, educators, business women, Hollywood actors and scriptwriters, military personnel, social workers, IRS officials, state and local government officials, lin guists, professional singers and musicians, news re porters, poets and novelists, and research scientists. Sometimes even we ourselves wonder how w e ’ve managed to thrive without the kind o f common professional, political, religious, or generational bond that typically characterizes the majority o f nonprofit, humanitarian organizations. The Ukrainian National W om en’s League o f Am erica, Inc., was founded in N ew York in 19 25 , and as a non-profit, charitable, educational, and cultural organization; it holds tax-exempt status under section 50 1(c)(3) o f the Internal Revenue Code. The U N W L A unites women living in the United States who are o f Ukrainian descent, or who belong to the Ukrainian community, for common action in pre serving our cultural heritage and developing an en hanced sense o f identity. W e are guided by the princi ples o f religious tolerance, Christian ethics, political non-partisanship, and the support o f human rights. Besides initiating or cooperating in a variety o f key actions and institutions o f the world-wide Ukrain ian community, the U N W L A is a member o f the Gen eral Federation o f W om en’s Clubs, the Am erican Fed eration o f W om en’s Clubs, and the National Council o f W omen o f the United States. The National Council o f Women o f the United States recently elected Iryna K urowyckyj, the current president o f U N W L A , as its own president, the first Ukrainian-Am erican in its cen- tury-long history to serve in such capacity. With the exception o f several local church-based sisterhoods, we are probably the sole Ukrainian wom en’s organization in the U S. Our membership may not seem like a lot to you, unless you also take into account that, with the excep tion o f a few dozen members living in remote loca tions, nearly 100 % o f us are active members who pay our dues, attend regular branch or regional meetings, and consistently volunteer our time in support o f our organization’ s goals. W e spearhead a variety o f fund raisers, run day care centers, and actively participate in a myriad o f community activities. Although we don’t have a men’ s auxiliary, we are proud o f a supportive cadre o f husbands and male relatives, who lend a generous hand whenever the oc casion arises. I believe it’s important to point out that, unlike many wom en’ s organizations, we are not a feminist organization as that term has come to be applied. In stead, we pride ourselves on working alongside the men o f our community, not in subservient roles, but as a dynamic force that nurtures m en’s capacity for lead ership and achievement. And that’s because, as women, we have always held well-defined and unifying roles both in our Ukrainian homeland and the greater Am erican com munity. Although Ukrainian wom en suffered the scourges o f Soviet occupation no less than our men did, the decades o f totalitarian regime, not to mention centuries o f Czarist rule over the Ukrainian land, wrought a particularly critical blow to the psyche o f the Ukrainian male by usurping his opportunity, and ability, to lead and govern his own people. That m ay explain w hy Ukrainian women on the whole do not bear the animus that spurred Western wom en, especially Am erican wom en, to launch the wom en’s liberation movement o f the 1960s and 70s. Generally speaking, we, our daughters, mothers, and grandmothers, view ed that movement with bemuse ment. W hy? Because, rightly or wrongly, w e already perceived ourselves on equal footing in our marriages, careers, communities, and our contributions to society. For example, Ukrainian wom en fought bravely alongside men in the national uprisings incident to W orld W ar II, and their valor was recognized and ap preciated by their male counterparts. W om en typically practiced medicine as often as men, albeit neither got paid commensurate with their worth. M y own grand mother, quite a “ flapper” in the Roaring Twenties, but hardly unusual, worked for decades as a schoolteacher, traveling the railways on her own to teachers’ seminars and conferences throughout Ukraine in the 1920 s and 30s, with her briefcase and ovem ite bag in tow, while at the same time maintaining a household for my grandfather and their children. Social Welfare Programs Since 19 2 5 , orphans, the elderly and infirm, widows, and new immigrants, as well as orphanages and schools, have been recipients o f the U N W L A ’ s financial, medical, and social services support. The U N W L A shipped packages and organized letter- writing campaigns on behalf o f the men and women serving in the Arm ed Forces o f the United States in W orld W ar II, the Korean W ar, the Vietnam W ar, and the G u lf War. The U N W L A Grandmothers Fund brings material resources and moral support to poor elderly women throughout the world. Today, individual branches and councils are sponsoring 13 Social Ser vice Centers in their sister cities in Ukraine, providing aid to large families, children, youth, the infirm, reli gious nuns, and the elderly. In 2000, the U N W L A celebrated its 7 5 th Jubilee, 14 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЧЕРВЕНЬ 2004 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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