Australian Women's Charter Conference, 1943-67

Containers:

Box 11

Component identifier:

File 19

Content Summary:

Papers relating to the Australian Women's Charter of which Street was one time Chairman and later Patron. Includes a copy of the constitution of the Charter, programs and reports of several conferences, typescripts of papers given by Street and copies of Quarterly Reports of the Charter (1964-1967). There is also a report of the preliminary meeting of the Status of Women Council Federal Officers and the Australian Woman's Charter Committee Federal Officers, Melbourne, 1949.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jessie Street's husband, Sir Kenneth Street, donated the papers to the National Library in 1970. Her son, Sir Laurence Street, made a substantial addition in 1972. Further small additions were made to the collection between 1973 and 2001.

Subjects:

Women's rights

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