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НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ • Січень-Лютий 2025 5 through it advocate within the ICW for their sisters in the homeland. The women wasted no time in taking proper steps to transition the ad hoc Congress Committee into a more permanent status. The June 1925 letter identified its long- term program to promote sororal connections, deepen women’s knowledge of Ukrainian culture through literature, and support youth activities that would ensure continuity of ethnic affiliation. In the spirit of tolerance for diversity and non-partisanship, the wom - en’s groups were asked to join the League as collective members, each to retain its own character while submitting to the League’s bylaws and professing the overar - ching goal of Ukrainian sovereign - ty. In keeping with the philosophy of Milena Rudnytsky, they would serve national liberation and women’s emancipation in tandem. The letter stressed that with the homeland under foreign occupa - tion and the women powerless to exercise their rights, all Ukrainian American women should feel du - ty-bound to join the League and work collectively to help advocate for Ukraine’s women in the inter - national arena: “Let us not deny them the hope of this last request which they have put to us.” By the end of that first year, the UNWLA had five member organi - zations as numbered branches: the Ukrainian Women’s Community / Zhinocha Hromada with Stefania Abrahamovska at the helm took its position as Branch 1; Ukraini - an Women’s Aid / Zhinocha Pom - ich (founded in October 1925 as heir to the Sisterhood of St. Olha network) with Maria Marusevych as president became Branch 3; Branch 4 was the Women’s Section of the Ukrainian Democratic Club; and the initial Branches 2 and 5 were women’s clubs of the Sich net - work. Already in 1932, the UNWLA successfully organized the first Congress of Ukrainian Women of North America, inviting Canadian Ukrainians as well. The UNWLA gained authority and popularity that helped it weather the storms of the Depression and World War II, growing to at least 50 branches strong in its first two decades. This first letter of June 24, 1925, was reprinted on the front page of the August 1948 issue of Nashe Zhyttia/Our Life , along with an article (page 2) penned by “L-ka,” one of the signatures used by then UNWLA president Olena Lototsky. At that time, the UNWLA was preparing for its 8th Convention, and President Lototsky had resolved simultaneously to host the first World Congress of Ukrain - ian Women in Philadelphia. That historic event of November 1948 created the Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations. In 1952, the UNWLA finally achieved membership in the National Council of Women of the United States, capping its ambition for representation and opening up new possibilities. This initial work
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