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Women’s Status in the United Nations Charter: Jessie Street – Clip 2

Women’s Status in the United Nations Charter: Jessie Street – Clip 2

1945

  • NFSA IDQQY6T3EY
  • TypeRadio
  • MediumAudio
  • FormSpoken word
  • Duration25 mins, 28 secs
  • GenresSpeech
  • Year1945

Jessie Street (1889–1970) was a leading Australian feminist campaigning for women’s rights from the 1920s to the 1960s. She was the only female Australian delegate to the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organisation (UNCIO) in 1945.

In this recording, we hear a speech made by Street at the first meeting of the Women's International Radio League (WIRL) on 28 May 1945 at the St Francis Hotel, San Francisco.

Listen to clip 1, in which Abby Morrison Ricker, President of the WIRL, introduces Jessie Street.

It is unknown if this recording was ever broadcast in Australia; it was most probably associated with an American radio broadcast.

Listen to the full speech and read more about Jessie Street and the UN conference.

Image of Jessie Street on Sounds of Australia page: nla.obj-231551090-1, courtesy National Library of Australia
Image above: nla.obj-136980683-1, courtesy National Library of Australia

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Jessie Street (1889–1970) was a leading Australian feminist campaigning for women’s rights from the 1920s to the 1960s. She was the only female Australian delegate to the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organisation (UNCIO) in 1945.

In this recording, we hear a speech made by Street at the first meeting of the Women's International Radio League (WIRL) on 28 May 1945 at the St Francis Hotel, San Francisco.

Listen to clip 1, in which Abby Morrison Ricker, President of the WIRL, introduces Jessie Street.

It is unknown if this recording was ever broadcast in Australia; it was most probably associated with an American radio broadcast.

Listen to the full speech and read more about Jessie Street and the UN conference.

Image of Jessie Street on Sounds of Australia page: nla.obj-231551090-1, courtesy National Library of Australia
Image above: nla.obj-136980683-1, courtesy National Library of Australia

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