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valued, their financial situation improved and they were able to buy their own home. After his death in 1969, Galdikienė organized the publication of
English- and Lithuanian-language albums of Galdikas' works and a small gallery of his works. The gallery was located at the Lithuanian Cultural Center near
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When the LKMD was reestablished in 1919, she became its chair and, with a brief break from 1927 to 1928, headed the organization until it was suppressed by the new Soviet regime in 1940. Under her leadership, the organization grew to 42,000 members and 410 chapters. From 1922 to 1930, she also served
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Galdikas' art became more recognized and
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Germany. There she renewed her public work and reestablished both LKMD and LKMOS. Galdikienė moved to Paris in 1947 and reorganized LKMOS into the World Union of Lithuanian Catholic Women's Organizations
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Magdalena Galdikienė was born on 26 September 1891 in the village of
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661:"Magdalena Draugelytė-Galdikienė (1891–1979)"
442:Galdikienė remained in Lithuania through the
201:in Lithuania in 1928. She was elected to the
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600:Kačerauskienė, Aldona (27 September 2006).
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