Author: Kysilevska, O.
Title: Po Ridnomu Kraiu (Around My Native Land)
Description: Toronto, Dobra knyzhka, 1955. First edition published in Canada; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [2], 5-182; yellow wraps, printed and ruled in blue; illustrated with portrait frontis; a few small spots to front wrap and a smudge to lower corner of back wrap; a bit of glue residue visible to front hinge; overall in very good condition. Olena Kysilevska, also writinng under the pseudonyms O. Halychanka, Kalyna, and Neznana (1869 - 1956) was a Ukrainian author, editor, and women's rights activist. She was a member of the Red Cross Relief Committee for prisoners of war during WWI and an executive member of the Union of Ukrainian Women in Lviv. She escaped Ukraine during WWII and lived in several DP camps, before emigrating and settling in Canada in 1948. That same year she was elected the first President of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations and held her position for the rest of her life. In the 1920s, she travelled extensively, including through North America and Western Europe, organizing various Ukrainian women's societies and taking part in the international women's movements. Several of her trips were described in two travelogues - "Letters from the Black Sea Coast" and the current one. Very good .

Keywords: Ukraine, Women's Rights


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