Since the start of the twentieth century, at least three episodes of contention preceding Euromaidan had a profound impact on the development of Ukrainian statehood and the dynamics of state–society relations: the 1917-1921 Ukrainian Revolution, the 1990 Revolution on Granite, and the 2004 Orange Revolution. This chapter provides an overview of women’s activism over the course of these revolutions in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and postcommunist Ukraine on the assumption that earlier episodes of mass mobilization shape patterns of state–society relations in the country. The findings suggest that such educational organizations as Prosvita and student unions served as mobilizing structures for many young women. Furthermore, this chapter shows how women gradually challenged dominant gender norms and gained greater visibility in contentious politics.