Olena Pchilka
Publisher and writer
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Olha Petrivna Kosach, better known by her pen name Olena Pchilka, was a Ukrainian publisher, writer, ethnographer, interpreter, and civil activist. Wikipedia
Born: 1849, Hadyach, Ukraine
Died: October 4, 1930 (age 81 years), Kyiv, Ukraine
Children: Lesya Ukrainka, Izydora Kosach-Borysova, and Olha Kosach-Kryvyniuk
Books: Pershyi Vinok and Artichoke
Spouse: Petro Antonovych Kosach (m. 1868–1909)
Siblings: Mykhailo Drahomanov
Full name: Olha Petrivna Drahomanova