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Melaniya Vytvytska
Меланія Витвицька
First Lady of Ukraine
In role
1954–1963
PresidentStepan Vytvytskyi
Preceded byMariya Livytska
Succeeded byHelga Livytska
Personal details
Born
Melaniya Stelmah

(1887-12-31)December 31, 1887
Drohobych, Ukraine
DiedSeptember 28, 1963(1963-09-28) (aged 75)
New Jersey, U.S.
SpouseStepan Vytvytskyi
ChildrenIhor Vytvitskyi
OccupationFormer First Lady of Ukraine

Melaniya Vytvytska (née: Stelmah; December 31, 1887 – September 9, 1963) was Ukrainian public figure. Activist of the Ukrainian women's movement. The wife of the President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in the exile of Stepan Vytvytskyi.

In 1910 she married Stepan Vytvytskyi. In 1912, they were born to the son of Ihor Vytvitskyi.[1]

From July 16, 1935 she was a member of the social assistance committee of the magistrate staff of the city of Drohobych.[2]

On October 11, 1936 she was elected a member of the secretary of the Ukrainian National Society for the Protection of Children and guardianship of young people.[3]

She worked in the Committee on Assistance to Political Prisoners, sentenced by Polish courts for a long time, and in the Committee on Assistance to Military Persons with Disabilities.[4]

She died on September 28, 1963, after a long and serious illness.[5]

On October 2, 1963, he was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in New Jersey.[6]

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Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Ukraine
1954-1965
Succeeded by