Mariia Biletska

Mariia Biletska
Born	1864 Ternopil
Died	30 December 1937(1937-12-30) (aged 72–73) Lviv
Nationality	Ukrainian
Known for	a leader of the Ukrainian women's movement

Mariia Biletska, sometimes Maria Biletska (1864 – 30 December 1937) was a Ukrainian teacher. She ran a house in Lviv, where students could stay. She was a leader of the women's movement.

Life

Biletska was born in 1864 in Ternopil.

In 1899, she and Hermina Shukhevych ran the Institute of St. Olga. The institute provided a place for girls to live while they attended education in Lviv. About half of these girls came from peasant families.[1]

In 1912 she attended a meeting organised by Konstantyna Malytska for the "Women's Committee" in Lviv to prepare for war. Others at the meeting were Olena Zalizniak (1886-1969), Olena Stepaniv and Olha Basarab.[2] The money raised from the "National Combat Fund", they recommended, was used to fund the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. Stepaniv would serve in that group as a rifleman.[2]

She became the Chair of the Ukrainian Women's Union in 1921 for a year.[3] The following year, she left the St Olga Institute. From 1925 to 1926 she was caring for people with disabilities.[3]

Biletska died in Lviv in 1938.[3]

References

1. Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Martha; Bochachevsky-Chomiak, Martha; al-Taharrur (Jerusalem), al-Sabil, al-Markaz al-Maskuni li-Lahut; Studies, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian (1988-10-12). Feminists Despite Themselves: Women in Ukrainian Community Life, 1884-1939. University of Alberta Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-920862-57-5.
2. Wolynetz, Lubow (2015). "The Role of Dedicated Ukrainian Women in World War I" (PDF). Ukrainian Museum Library of Stamford. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
3. "Білецька Марія Іларіонівна — Енциклопедія Сучасної України". esu.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-07.