Melaniya Vytvytska Explained

Melaniya Vytvytska
Native Name Lang:uk
Native Name:Меланія Витвицька
Birth Date:1887 12, mf=yes
Birth Place:Drohobych, Ukraine
Death Place:New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation:Former First Lady of Ukraine
Term Label1:In role
Order1:First Lady of Ukraine
Term Start1:1954
Term End1:1963
President1:Stepan Vytvytskyi
Predecessor1:Mariya Livytska
Successor1:Helga Livytska
Children:Ihor Vytvitskyi

Melaniya Vytvytska (Ukrainian: Меланія Витвицька|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Melaniia Vytvytska; née: Stelmah, Ukrainian: Стельмах|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Stelmakh; December 31, 1887 – September 9, 1963) was a Ukrainian public figure. The wife of the second President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile, Stepan Vytvytskyi, she was also an activist of the Ukrainian women's movement.

In 1910 she married Stepan Vytvytskyi. In 1912, they had a son, Ihor Vytvitskyi.[1]

From July 16, 1935, she was a member of the social assistance committee of the magistrate staff of the city of Drohobych.[2]

On October 11, 1936, she was elected a member of the secretary of the Ukrainian National Society for the Protection of Children and guardianship of young people.[3]

She worked in the Committee on Assistance to Political Prisoners, who were often sentenced by Polish courts for a long time, and in the Committee on Assistance to Military Persons with Disabilities.[4]

She died on September 28, 1963, after a long and serious illness.[5]

On October 2, 1963, she was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in New Jersey.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.chasipodii.net/article/9172/ Степан Витвицький — Президент Української Народної Республіки в екзилі
  2. http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/cgi-bin/irbis_nbuv/cgiirbis_64.exe?C21COM=2&I21DBN=UJRN&P21DBN=UJRN&IMAGE_FILE_DOWNLOAD=1&Image_file_name=PDF/dkz_2014_17-18_25.pdf МІЖВОЄННИЙ ДРОГОБИЧ: ДО ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ОРГАНІВ ВЛАДИ ТА УПРАВЛІННЯ
  3. http://journals.uran.ua/index.php/wissn003/article/download/27236/36742 Чава І.С. Українські громадські організації та товариства міжвоєнного Дрогобича
  4. https://hal-zoria.io.ua/s514950/severina_nijankivska Газета Галицька Зоря м. Дрогобич. Северина Нижанківська
  5. https://archive.org/stream/Svoboda-1963-187/Svoboda-1963-187_djvu.txt Svoboda-1963-187
  6. http://digicon.athabascau.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/vilne/id/5242/rec/1 Vilne Slovo Vilne Slovo, October 12, 1963