Mariya Livytska

Mariya Varpholomiivna Livytska (née: Tkachenko; April 9, 1879 - August 16, 1971) was a ukrainian writer, memoirist, and public figure. She was an Activist in the Ukrainian women's movement and headed the Union of Ukrainian Women in Poland. She was married to the president of the Ukrainian People's Republic in the exile of Andriy Livytskyi.[1]

Mariya Livytska
Марія Варфоломіївна Лівицька
First Lady of Ukraine
In role
1926–1954
PresidentAndriy Livytskyi
Preceded byOlha Petliura
Succeeded byMelaniya Vytvytska
Personal details
Born
Mariya Varpholomiivna Tkachenko

(1879-04-09)April 9, 1879
Zhmerynka, Ukraine
DiedAugust 16, 1971(1971-08-16) (aged 92)
Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)Andriy Livytskyi
ChildrenMykola Livytskyi
Hatalia Livytska-Kholodna
OccupationFormer First Lady of Ukraine

In 1897 she graduated from the Fundukleivka Women's Gymnasium in Kyiv and worked as a private teacher in and 1898-1899), while engaging in public and party activities. She became a member of the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party, the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party, and became acquainted with its activists Mykola Mikhnovsky, Mykola Porsh. She was a member of the Kyiv student community, which included Dmytro Antonovych, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Olexander Scoropis-Yoltukhivsky, Andriy Livytskyi, Liudmyla Starytska-Cherniakhivska, Maria Hrinchenko.

Maria Livytska took an active part in the activities of the Ukrainian Women's Society in the revolutionary events of 1905-07. In 1920 she moved to Warsaw, where she headed the Union of Ukrainian emigrants in Poland. At the end of the Second World War, she moved to Germany and lived in Karlsruhe. In 1957 she moved to the United States.

She died on August 16, 1971 in Yonkers, New York.[2]

Publications
  • "On the edge of two epochs" (1972).[3]
gollark: Oh, and elliptic curve crypto keys I guess, those are small.
gollark: You could only really do stuff like bruteforce hashes.
gollark: Good luck putting Siri on it. I meant that it'd have 1024 bytes of memory or something.
gollark: Wait, that's exploitable, oh no.
gollark: Presumably if the supertask doesn't converge it will just refuse to run.

References
  1. Олександр Горобець «Золоте весілля» у подільській глибинці
  2. Газета «Свобода» (США) з повідомленням про смерть М. Лівицької
  3. Лівицька М. На грані двох епох. — Нью-Йорк, 1972. — 355 с.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Olha Petliura		 First Lady of Ukraine
1926-1954		 Succeeded by
Melaniya Vytvytska
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