Woman in Ukrainian Canadian folklore and reminiscences

Abstract

Since the Ukrainian pioneer woman in Canada has made such a tremendous contribution to the survival, prosperity and progress of her own family, as well as to the development of this country, a study on the subject of her life in Canada warrants attenion. Folklore has been recognized as oral material which constitutes a source for the study of the Ukrainian culture, and, since a great deal of it has been created by the woman herself and much of it revolves around her life, it would be interesting to find out how the woman and her life are depicted here. Furthermore, a study of this nature provides an incentive to search out and collect relevant material which may be useful for other studies...