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decided against it as she was only doina wtw they felt was nawral. supportina: her
husband. II
Canada had a precedent for interning women during World War II, having
already imemed small numben of women durin, World War I. For example. Mary
Ma.nIro Haskett remains me sole survivor of die Ukrainian imemmel'll operation
durina: Work! War I, !lavina been interned at qe six with the rest of her family. The
Manko family was imcmed in the Spirit Lake Camp, near the toWn of UFerme.
Quebec."
There is some discrepaDcy about. bow many women and d1ikfren were interned
dwina: Work! War I, die most frequently cired number is 186 women and 39
children.II Apparenlly, destimle women "voluntarily' joined their menfolk: in two
internment camps where they were provided with quanen and food. Once there,
families were often split up. Thus far there is little evidcoce of wtw happened to the
wives (and chikirt:n) who did ooc: join their husbllnds in the camps. It is known that
the Canadian lovemmem issued monthly cbequc:s 10 40 women and 81 children whose
husbands were ioterDtd. In one documented cue Cadx:rine 8o)'chuk. wbose husband
l'CSlS. vol. 7. lener from S.T. Wood 10 E. lapoince. 17 May 1941, 2.
17Lubomyr Luciuk. Ri,htiJIg AIIlnjllStice, (Toronto: The Justinian Ptess. (994),
vi-vii.
I'Luciuk. Ri,/ttiJr6 AJl: IffjlUtke. 60. Orest Martyoowych cites 81 women and lS6
children iDtemcd. "Re: iDlemmCftt of UIaainian Canadians.' 1M CJbuiJfiaJt WNtIy.
9 April 1988 reprinted in Luciut. Rigltliltg AIIlffjllSlice, 65.
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