Yevheniia Makarushka
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| Born | Yevheniia Mulyk August 4, 1880 |
| Died | July 6, 1977 (aged 96) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation | politician |
| Known for | Head of the Union of Ukrainian Women in 1917-1922 |
| Successor | Katrya Grinevicheva |
| Political party | "UNDO" |
| Partner(s) | Ostap Makarushka |
| Children | Lyubomyr 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
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. 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.
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