Jessie Street
Australian activist
Died when: 81 years 75 days (974 months)Star Sign: Aries
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Jessie Mary Grey, Lady Street (née Lillingston; 18 April 1889 – 2 July 1970) was an Australian suffragist and campaigner for Indigenous Australian rights, dubbed "Red Jessie" by the media.
As Australia's only female delegate to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, Jessie was Australia's first female delegate to the United Nations.
She was Lady Street by her husband Sir Kenneth Whistler Street.Street ensured the inclusion of gender as a non-discrimination clause in the United Nations Charter.
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