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Pittsburgh UNWLA to mark jubilee

PITTSBURGH - Members of the Pittsburgh Branch of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, attired in traditional costumes from various regions of Ukraine (from left): Jaroslawa Komichak (Hutsul region of the Carpathian Mountains), Tatiana Rad (Zakarpatthia region), Halya Polatajko (Bukovyna) and Lubomyra Yoldas (Borschiv) are seen above in a photo taken on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its founding, with celebrations planned to take place on July 29. After its founding in 1919 in Ukraine during a brief period of the country's independence, the UNWLA was banned and its members persecuted during the Soviet occupation of Ukraine. With the immigration of the first wave of Ukrainians to the coal-mining and steel-making regions of the United States at the turn of the century, the UNWLA was reborn on the American continent as a result of the fusion of a number of American Ukrainian women's organizations. The UNWLA is a member of the National Council of Women U.S.A. and the International Council of Women. Dedicated to serving others, it also promotes and cultivates the Ukrainian cultural heritage and traditions.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 17, 2001, No. 24, Vol. LXIX

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