Milena Rudnytska

Milena Ivanivna Rudnytska (Ukrainian: Мілена Іванівна Рудницька: 15 July 1892 – 29 March 1976) was a Ukrainian educator, women's activist, politician and writer. One of the most influential leaders in the interwar period of the Galician women's movement, she published articles in various periodicals. As a member of the Polish Sejm between 1928 and 1935, she brought issues of suppression by government authorities to the world stage, including the Polish regime's efforts to repress the culture of minority Ukrainians and the Soviet regime's denial of starvation in Ukraine during the Holodomor. With the Soviet and Nazi occupations of Ukraine, Rudnytska fled the country and remained an exile for the rest of her life, publishing books and articles as she moved throughout Europe and the United States.