Mothers of Chornobyl

In public commemoration of the Chornobyl disaster, the focus is often on male liquidators and officials or on the children of the next generation thus ignoring the impacts on women. For many women, motherhood is an essential part of life, and therefore essential to understanding the full impacts of the tragedy. Here, two types of mothers are examined. The biological mother, through loss and love of children and families, and the Mother of God and her relation to the mothers of Chornobyl.

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Sarah O’Connell ‘26 is a Bryn Mawr College sophomore from Billerica, Massachusetts majoring in Mathematics and minoring in Environmental Studies.

RUSSB220 Chornobyl, Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2023

Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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