Lady Jessie Street
| Jessie Mary Grey Street | |
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| Born |
Jessie Mary Grey Lillingston 18 April 1889 Ranchi, India |
| Died | 2 July 1970 (aged 81) Sydney, Australia |
| Monuments | Jessie Street Gardens, Jessie Street National Women's Library, Jessie Street Centre |
| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Kenneth Whistler Street |
| Children | Sir Laurence Whistler Street |
| Relatives | House of Grey & Street family |
Lady Street (née Lillingston, commonly known as Jessie Mary Grey Street; 18 April 1889 – 2 July 1970) was an Australian suffragette and an extensive campaigner for peace and human rights. Dubbed Red Jessie by her detractors in Australia's right-wing media for her efforts to promote diplomacy with the USSR and to ease tensions during the Cold War, Jessie was ardent in her support for the progressive cause. By blood she was a member of the House of Grey, and by marriage she was a member of the Street family, making Lady Street a maverick among the historically conservative establishment.
She was a key figure in Australian and international political life for over 50 years, from the women's suffrage struggle in England to the removal of Australia's constitutional discrimination against Aboriginal people in 1967. Jessie was Australia's first and only female delegate to the establishment of the United Nations, where she played a key role alongside the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt in ensuring that gender was included as a non-discrimination clause alongside race and religion in the United Nations Charter. She is recognised both in Australia and internationally for her activism in women's rights, social justice and peace. The Jessie Street Centre, Jessie Street National Women's Library and the Jessie Street Gardens are named in her honour.
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