Cholovik ta zhinka. Pro strateve zhyttia ta stratevi khvoroby (Man and Woman. Sexual Life and Venereal Diseases)
1946 · Avgsburg (Augsburg)
by Parfanovych, Sofiia
Avgsburg (Augsburg): Nakladom Pylypa Volchuka (Printed with the permission of the UNRRA), 1946. Third edition. Very good. Third corrected and revised edition for the youth; 8 x 5 3/4; pp. 3-32; red wraps, printed and ruled in black; black and white illustrations; light rubbing and wear to tips of spine and corners; very good to near fine condition. A small manuscript note to title page identifies the book as donated by the author herself.Sofiia Parfanovych (1898 - 1968) was a Ukrainian author, educator, gynecologist, public figure, the first female student of the medical faculty of the University of Lviv, and member of the Vidrodzhennia Temperance Society of Ukraine. She wrote numerous works on hygiene, nutrition, temperance, and pediatrics, as well as several collections of fictional short stories and novels. She left Ukraine with her family in 1944, emigrating first to Austria, then Germany, and finally to the US in 1949. She practiced gynecology until a progressive eye disease forced her to retire and focus solely on writing. Her current book, specifically rewritten for youth audiences, was published at a DP (displaced persons) camp in Germany. (Inventory #: 002707)