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Yevheniia Makarushka
Born
Yevheniia Mulyk

(1880-08-04)August 4, 1880
DiedJuly 6, 1977(1977-07-06) (aged 96)
NationalityUkrainian
Citizenship Austria-Hungary
West Ukrainian People's Republic
 Poland
 United States
Occupationpolitician
Known forHead of the Union of Ukrainian Women in 1917-1922
SuccessorKatrya Grinevicheva
Political party"UNDO"
PartnerOstap Makarushka
ChildrenLyubomyr Makarushka and Bohdan-Andriy Makarushka

Eugenia Mulyk (4 August 1880 - 6 July 1977), née Makarushka, was a Ukrainian feminist and politician. Head of the Ukrainian Women's Union in 1917-1922, activist of the feminism in the United States.

Biography

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She comes from the priestly Mulyk family. She received her primary and secondary education in Lviv at Polish schools, as there were no Ukrainian schools at that time.

The Regional Plast Council, 1919. Eugenia Makarushka is second from the right.

In 1898, she married Ostap Makarushka, a schoolteacher. They lived in Kolomyia for two years, and later, he taught at the Academic Gymnasium in Lviv.

She participated in the activities of the Anna Barvinok Circle and was involved in the "Trud" cooperative, which focused on professional work for girls and sewing.

In 1917, Ukrainian women in Lviv revived the organization that had been destroyed by World War I, and Eugenia was elected Head of the Ukrainian Women's Union. From 1922, she held positions in the Union's Central Administration.

In 1928, she ran for the Polish Sejm elections in Lviv as a candidate from the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO).

In 1931, her husband passed away, leaving her with five children. Due to family circumstances, she stepped down from her position in the Union's Administration.

In May 1933, she helped organize the General Administration Congress.

Later that year, she chaired the Business Committee for the World Women's Congress. On May 16, 1934, she opened the congress in Stanislaviv, where she, along with Milena Rudnytska and foreign guest Miss Mary Shipshenk, welcomed the girls' procession.

She also led the committee to establish the Girls' Craft Boarding School, which opened in 1935.

In her final years, she lived in the United States with her children and grandchildren.

Category:Ukrainian women activists Category:Ukrainian women in politics Category:Ukrainian feminists Category:1977 deaths Category:1880 births Category:Ukrainian in the USA