Olga Kobylianska (1863-1942)

The feminist movement in Ukraine would not have been possible without Ukrainian writer Olga Kobylianska. In novels and stories, she portrayed the problems of the Ukrainian intellectuals of her generation and formed the view of life in Bukovina, Western Ukraine. She was the first to embrace feminist ideas in Ukrainian literature and to raise the theme of women’s emancipation. Most of her life, Olga Kobylianska lived in Chernivtsi. Today, in the house where she lived, you can visit the memorial museum.