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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛЮТИЙ 2018 WWW. UNWLA .ORG 1 5 posed a telli ng question and provided a telling answer: “Why don’t women succeed in fields of endeavor outside the home? The answer is really quite simple: Women don’t succeed because they are taught to fail.” To support her position on this, Motria cited several rese archers and their findings on the subject. Among those mentioned was G.A. Milton of Yale University who (in 1958) conducted “Five Studies of the Relation Between Sex - Role Identification and Achievement in Problem Solving.” She then summarized Milton’s conc lusions: “The findings of the study, published in an extensive technical report indicated that boys had greater mathematical aptitude than girls when standard tests were used to measure ability. However, when problems were simply reworded so that they deal t with cooking and gardening, girls improved their scores significantly even though the abstract reasoning required for solution of the problem remained the same.” The February 1988 issue of Our Life is missing from my basement collection, but the 1998 is sue includes a “Winter Letter from Kyiv” penned by another friend and colleague, the amazing Martha Boha- chevsky Chomiak, who was also a priceless member of my editorial board back in the day and who remains a mentor and colleague whose insights and wisdom continue to inspire me in countless ways. The same issue includes a rip - roaringly funny story “From the Diary of a Ukrainian Housewife,” one of a series of extremely popular “life in the diaspora” stories written by an author who chose DMZ for her byline. Enti- tled “The Garage,” this story describes “a sanctuary for the useless,” which included (among other inter- esting things) a “large collection of green broomsticks . . . old car parts from every car we have ever owned . . . hardwood and canvas army cots ou r kids took to Plast camp, our very first Wildwood beach umbrella . . . and a carton of snail traps, made somewhere in China.” I ran into DMZ recently at a Ukrainian Inde- pendence Day picnic held at the Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub located in the Philly burbs, and we chatted about many things, including her witty and highly entertaining stories. My favorites were the story about her running into an airplane while learning how to drive and a story that described her attire the year she and her husb and, then president of the Ukrainian Engineers Society of Philadelphia, presided over the debutante ball hosted annually by the organization since 1953. I close this trip down memory lane with a story published in the February 2008 issue of Our Life . Writ ten by Marta N. Zielyk, who at the time held the post of Senior Diplomatic Interpreter in the U.S. State Department, the story is titled “Crossing to the Other Side: A Story About Guests at the White House.” The author captures a moment in time, weaving in to an amazing verbal tapestry riveting details about the enormous gingerbread White House, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite played by the Marine Corps Band, the theme - based décor celebrating the centennial of the National Park Service, her tablemates at dinn er, and her desire “to sit in front of the fireplace in the State Dining Room, the very room in which President Clinton welcomed President Kuchma back in 1994.” I am grateful to all of these interesting and generous women for their contributions to this m aga- zine, for touching my life in myriad ways, and for epitomizing the essence of the Ukrainian woman and the amazing things she can do. And a Little More History from Times Gone By February 12 - 13, 1924, Olha Basarab was brutally tortured to death by Polish authorities. A Ukrainian activist engaged in charitable and educational work, she was formally recognized by the International Red Cross for her dedication to wounded and interned soldiers. Basarab was a member of the first women’s platoon of the S ichovi Striltsi and also served on the executive board of Lviv’s branch of the Union of Ukrainian Women. February 20, 1054. Kniaz (Grand Prince) Yaroslav Mudry (the Wise) died in Kyiv. Known as “the father - in - law of Europe,” Yaroslav arranged marriages for his children, creating dynastic unions with half of Eu- rope. He and his wife Ingigerd (daughter of King Olaf of Sweden) had three daughters: Anna married Henry I of France, Anastasia married Andrew I of Hungary, and Yelyzaveta married King Harald III of Norway (when Harald died in 1066, she married Sweyn II, King of Denmark). Yaroslav’s sons also married reasonably well. February 25, 1871. Larissa Kosach (better known as Lesya Ukrainka) was born.
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