The extraordinary lives of Ukrainian-Canadian women : oral histories of the twentieth century / compiled and edited by Iroida Wynnyckyj.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wynnyckyj, Iroida, editor.

Series:

Monograph series (Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research) ; no. 12.

The Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research monograph series ; number twelve

Standardized Title:

Nezvychaĭni doli zvychaĭnykh z͡hinok. Selections. English.

Language:

English

Ukrainian

Subjects (All):

Women--Ukraine--Biography.

Women.

Women--Canada--Biography.

Ukrainians--Canada--Biography.

Ukrainians.

Ukrainians--Canada--Interviews.

Europe--History--20th century.

Europe.

Oral history--Ukraine.

Oral history.

Canada.

Ukraine.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 391 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton ; Toronto : Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2022.

Language Note:

Translated from the Ukrainian.

Summary:

"This book is a collection of life stories by ten of Ukrainian-Canadian women who were born in Europe and lived through the turbulent events of twentieth-century Europe. The lives of the older ones were shaped by the events of the First World War, while the younger ones experienced the horrors of the Second World War. At various stages in their lives, all ten women claimed they found a "haven" in Canada."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with Ukrainian Canadian Research & Documentation Centre, Toronto."

Translation of ten of the original twenty-one interviews published as: Nezvychaini doli zvychainykh zhinok : usna istoriia dvadsiatoho stolittia. Lviv : Lviv Polytechnic Publishing House, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781894865654

1894865650

OCLC:

1283494841