Biography as Political Geography
Oksana Kis’
Biography as Political Geography
Patriotism in Ukrainian Women’s Life Stories
The history of Ukraine in the twentieth century abounds in events that have altered the country’s political, social, and economic landscapes, yet the part that Ukrainian women played in that history during the past hundred years is only marginally visible. The gender dimension of that entire epoch is especially important; it represents an era when Ukrainian women obtained broad rights and opportunities for self-realization in their public lives, a trans- formation that changed both the women and the public space. For all that, women’s lives remained virtually unseen in the
historical records.1 This is a serious lapse in our study of Ukrainian history, especially in light of the fact that women are the key agents of socialization.
