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This presentation was delivered during a virtual Heroes Day Commemoration hosted by the Organization for the Defense of the Four Freedoms of Ukraine (ODFFU) on July 5, 2020. The original Ukrainian version appeared in the Sep tem- ber 2020 issue of Our Life. Through all times, the Ukrainian woman has been a Protectress of our nation, a generous homemaker, a faithful wife, and a good mother raising children in a religious and patriotic spirit. In addition, the Ukrainian woman has always taken an active role in community life. Therefore, when the Ukrainian Insur - gent Army (Ukrayins’ka Povstans’ka Armiya – UPA) was formed during World War II, many women volunteers joined its ranks. UPA was an armed military force that fought against both the German and the Russian occupiers. The goal of UPA was to create an independent Ukrainian state. UPA fought for an independent Ukraine until 1955 – an additional ten years after the end of the war. UPA was truly a people’s army, because the most devoted patriots of Ukraine, in particular women, served voluntarily. It should be emphasized that the foundation of the UPA women’s network was built upon the extensive and diligent training provided in Plast and OUN (Organ- ization of Ukrainian Nationalists) Youth, where members learned the history of Ukraine and its struggles for liberation, and received military training. Female volunteers in the ranks of UPA were involved in intelligence gathering, provided medical services, served in communication offices, engaged in administrative matters, and took part in the provision of food, clothing, and medicine. Experienced and talented women joined in the work of the propaganda department. They edited materials and published underground newspapers, literature, and leaflets. They worked on underground magazines such as Black Forest and Insurgent , whose editor was Ukrainian children’s writer Bohdanna Svitlyk (pseudo - nym Maria Dmitrenko), who died in 1948. The greatest number of women in the ranks of UPA served in the medical services network. These sisters of mercy treated and cared for wounded and sick soldiers not only in hospital bunkers, but also under enemy fire, carrying wounded insurgents off the battlefield on their fragile shoulders. When necessary to defend Lidia Slysh , President, UNWLA NY Regional Council Heroines of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Our Life | Наше життя December | Грудень 2020 26
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