Jessie Mary Grey STREET
Also known as: née Lillingston, Lady Street
Born: 18/04/1889
Died: 02/07/1970
Special Achievements:First and only woman member of the Australian delegation at the 1945 founding conference of the United Nations in San Francisco, she had also founded the United Associations of Women in 1929 and worked throughout her life to improve the rights of women.
Additional Information:Passionate about rights of women, aborigines, workers and the poor.
1943-1946 - Organised The Women's Charter Conference.
Resources
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Image - Jessie Street
A portrait of Jessie Street wearing her House of Grey pendant Author: FelixFarley
Wikimedia Commons: File:Jessie Street.jpg
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Image - Jessie Street at the United Women's Conference
Mrs Jessie Street at the United Women's Conference in San Francisco, 19 May 1945. Photo by Sam Rosenberg
Wikimedia Commons: File:Jessie Street at the UN.jpg
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Image - Jessie addressing delegates at the establishment of the United Nations Charter
Description: A picture taken in San Francisco of Jessie addressing her female delegate compatriots at the establishment of the United Nations Charter Date: 31 July 1945 Author: FelixFarley
Wikimedia Commons: File:Jessie Street 1944.jpg
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References
(date unknown). The greatest problem is getting into the place. magazine unknown, page unknown.
(date unknown). Jessie Grey and Sir Laurence Street. The New Weekly, 23.
Simpson, Colin. (1945, May 14). A Woman’s Hopes of UNCIO. Woman, 54.
(1999, December 18-19). Australian Women. The Australian Magazine, 30.
Symons, Emma-Kate. Streets ahead. The Australian. March 9, 2004:11.
Coltheart, Lenore. (2005, August). The Legacy of Jessie Street. National Library of Australia News, 3-6.
Jessie Mary Grey Street. (2010, September 23). Retrieved from http:// http://www.abc.net.au/dynastie...
The Dictionary of Sydney. "Jessie Street 1930s".
The Australian Women's Register. "Street, Jessie Mary Grey (1889 - 1970)".
Australian Dictionary of Biography. "Street, Lady Jessie Mary (1889–1970)".
The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. "Street, Jessie Mary Grey".
The Dictionary of Sydney. "Street, Jessie".
