Джамала Jamala (Susana Jamaladinova) (August 27, 1983) Ukrainian singer of Crimean Tatar descent, People’s Artist of Ukraine, and the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Renowned for her powerful voice and emotional performances, she has become a symbol of resilience and national pride through her music. I was told: Read more
Uliana Kravchenko (Julia Schneider) April 18, 1860, Mykolaiv, Galicia province (Russian Empire)March 31, 1947, Przemyśl (Poland) Ukrainian writer, teacher, and activist in the Ukrainian women’s movement. As the first female poet in Western Ukraine to publish a poetry collection, she became a prominent voice for national and feminist causes, inspiring Read more
Malytska Kostiantyna May 30, 1872, Kropyvnyk (Austria-Hyngary)March 17, 1947, Lviv (Ukrainian SSR) Ukrainian poet, prose writer, translator, bibliographer, editor, educator, and cultural and educational society activist in Galicia. She is best known as the author of the popular songs “Chom, chom, chom, zemle moya…” (“Why, why, why, my land…”) and Read more
Beck Mary Virginia February 29, 1908, Ford City, Pennsylvania (USA)January 30, 2005, Clinton Township, Michigan (USA) Mary Beck, also known as Marusia, was a prominent Ukrainian-American who broke numerous barriers in the United States. As the first woman elected to the Detroit City Council and later the city’s first female Read more
Okunevska-Morachevska Sophia May 12, 1865, Dovzhanka, Galicia (Austria-Hungary) – February 24, 1926, Lviv (Second Polish Republic) Trailblazing Ukrainian doctor, educator, and feminist, celebrated as the first female university graduate and doctor in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as well as Ukraine’s first female gynecologist. A champion for women’s education and healthcare, she Read more
Myloradovych Yelyzaveta (1832 — 1890) Philanthropist, public figure, and founder of the Academy of Sciences, Yelyzaveta Myloradovych (born Skoropadska) is remembered for her dedicated patronage of the arts and education. Portrait of Yelyzaveta MyloradovychArtist: Natalia Loza Yelyzaveta tirelessly supported local publishers and Sunday schools in her native Poltava region, as Read more