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and courses offered by the Museum have to be held elsewhere. There are only two small rooms, which cannot possibly house a permanent collection of fine art as well as the special exhibits. The Ukrainian Museum is a significant achievement for the UNWLA and has the potential of becoming an important landmark of Ukrainian culture in the U.S. UNWLA members, who have put so much effort into its establishment and now into its maintenance and development must accomplish one more feat. They must generate financial and other support among the members of the Ukrainian community for the acquisition of appropriate quarters to house its collections. To acquaint women with the ideas and views of the pioneers of the Ukrainian women’s movement, the UNWLA has had The First Garland reprinted. This anthology of poetry, short stories and essays by women writers of both Eastern and Western Ukraine, first published in 1887, and long out of print, is a unique bibliographical source. Its republication should make it widely available in the free world and its major libraries. Commemoration of the centennial of the women’s movement must not consist solely of festivities and oratory. Women in the free world have an obligation to gather and preserve the records of the various activities of Ukrainian women. The UNWLA has established an Archive of the Ukrainian Women’s Movement, which already contains a notable collection of books, periodicals, memoirs, speeches, papers, photographs, slides and biographical material about prominent women. It is our hope that not only the members of the UNWLA, but also the entire community, will respond to our appeal for additional contributions to this archive. As it gets more and more built up, it will prove to be an invaluable source for scholars of the women’s movement in Ukraine and abroad. The UNWLA is actively engaged in the literary and academic fields of Ukrainian culture through two funds created for these purposes, thanks to the generosity of donors and their faith in the UNWLA. The first is the Lesia and Petro Kowaliw Fund, established in the 1960’s, which awards prizes for literary works. The number of submissions for evaluation of their worthiness has been growing steadily since the fund’s inception. The second one is the Eva Stashkiw Fund for the advancement of Ukrainian scholarship. The first award, which was given in 1983, was granted to Dr. Marta Bohachevsky-Chomiak to help defray the cost of publishing her work in English about the Ukrainian Women’s movement. The far-reaching UNWLA Social Welfare program has progressed successfully, espe cially in providing financial aid for the education of children, teenagers and college-age youth in South America and Europe. Unfortunately, the Educational Program for our U.S.- based youth has come to an almost complete standstill. As long as 100 years ago, Natalia Kobrynska already pointed out the need for day-care centers in the villages to lighten the burden of women working in the fields, and in 1982 this issue was again raised by working women during the Soyuzivka conference. Currently, UNWLA activities in this area are limited to Saturday-morning nursery schools for children aged 3 to 5. Ukrainian churches and com munity organizations throughout the U.S. have halls, meeting rooms and other facilities which are closed on weekdays. Isn’t it about time that we took advantage of the availability of such space and started a day-care center in a locality where it is most needed and where it would be most likely to succeed? * * * As we look towards the future, we must strengthen our ranks, tap all our resources and 4 energies and responsibly carry on the work of our predecessors. There will be no centennial 26 www.unwla.org
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