Prominent Ukrainian women of the 20th century often go unnoticed. Some may hear about the fate of some of the heroines of this book for the first time, but their role in Ukrainian history should not be underestimated. These are doctors, teachers, members of the national liberation movement, political prisoners, journalists, soldiers, cultural figures Without them - strong, active, loyal - the pages of our family would be completely different.
This book contains interviews, testimonies, archival documents and information about prominent women of Ukraine - materials of the resource "Historical Truth". Among them are a unique interview with Kvitka Tsisyk, a conversation with a researcher of the women's movement Marta Bogachevska-Khomyak, articles about Rozalia Lifshits-Vynnychenko, a doctor of medicine, Iryna Tymochka, an underground activist, "Hristya", a writer Olena Teliga, and Lesya Ukrainka, mother of Georgy Gongadze.
The compiler of the collection is Vakhtang Kipiani, a Ukrainian journalist, historian, editor-in-chief of the online publication Historical Truth, and compiler of the book "The Case of Vasyl Stus".