Woman Street, Jessie Mary Grey

Occupation
Feminist and Internationalist

Written by Caitlin Stone, The University of Melbourne

Jessie Mary Grey Street was born in India in 1889. She became active in many feminist and Indigenous causes particularly equal pay for women. She died in 1970.

Published Resources

Journal Articles

  • Kirkby, Diane, '"Those Knights of the Pen and Pencil": Women Journalists and Cultural Leadership of the Women's Movement in Australia and the United States', Labour History, vol. 104, May 2013, pp. 81-100. . Details

Lectures

  • Evatt, Elizabeth, Jessie Street and Human Rights, Commemorating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Lecture given at the annual Jessie Street Trust Lunch, Evatt Foundation, New South Wales, 18 April 2008. . Details

Online Resources

  • 'Street, Jessie Mary Grey', The ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Women's Register, National Foundation for ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Women, . Details
  • Coltheart, Lenore, '"Red Jessie": Jessie Street', in Uncommon Lives, National Archives of Australia, 2004, . Details
  • Radi, Heather, 'Street, Jessie Mary Grey (1889-1970)', in ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ National University (ANU), c.2006, . Details