Guide to the Papers of Jessie Street, 1888-1958

Summary

Collection number:

MS 10365

Creator:

Street, Jessie

Extent:

0.78 metres and (2 ms boxes + 1 large grey music box)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Jessie Street, National Library of Australia, MS 10365, [items number(s)]

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Part available for research; part requires permission of the Curator of Manuscripts to access. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

This collection comprises jewellery worn by Jessie Street, including a cameo brooch and a set of amber beads, together with items acquired during her travels overseas.

Biographical Note:

Feminist and social activist. Jessie Mary Grey Street (née Lillingston) was born in India in 1889. In 1915 Street founded the New South Wales Social Hygiene Association, concerned with informing women about birth control and sex education. In 1929 she was elected first president of the United Associations of Women which lobbied governments on equal pay and other women's issues. She accompanied H.V. Evatt to the United Nations founding conference held in 1945 in San Franscisco where she successfully lobbied for a charter of women's rights. She was the unsuccessful candidate for the House of Representatives seat of Wentworth, 1943 and 1949. Jessie Street's autobiography, Truth or repose, was published in 1966. Street died in Sydney in 1970.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Society and culture

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7578918).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Jessie Street, National Library of Australia, MS 10365, [items number(s)]

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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