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Life Summary

Name	Lady Jessie Mary Street
Alternative Names	Jessie Mary Lillingston
Born	18 April, 1889 Ranchi, Bihar, India
Died	2 July, 1970 (aged 81) Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Street, Lawrence Whistler (son) Ogilvie, Edward David (grandfather) Elliott, Kondelea (friend) Bandler, Ida Lessing Faith (friend) Campbell, Alexander William (colleague) Hamilton, Alma (colleague) Brand, Mona Alexis (colleague) Bloch, Betty (acquaintance) Radi, Heather Joan (author)
Education *	Wycombe Abbey School (Buckinghamshire, UK) (student, 1904-1906) University of Sydney (student, 1908-1910) Women's College (University of Sydney) (student, 1908-1908)
Occupation or Descriptor *	community worker (1914-1916) Overseas feminist (1920-1950) New South Wales, Australia human rights activist (1920-1950) New South Wales, Australia pacifist (1948-1950) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1950-1960) Overseas human rights activist (1950-1960) Overseas pacifist (1950-1960) Overseas autobiographer/memoirist (1960-1966) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1960-1970) New South Wales, Australia human rights activist (1960-1970) New South Wales, Australia pacifist (1960-1970) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Victorian Honour Roll of Women (inductee, 2001)
Clubs *	Feminist Club (NSW) (committee member, ?-?) Women's Club (Sydney) (member, ?-?) Feminist Club (NSW) (president, 1929-?)
Key Events *	Australian Women's Conference for Victory in War and Victory in Peace (1943) (convenor) referendum on Indigenous rights (1967) (activist supporting it)
Legacies *	Jessie Street Gardens (Sydney) (eponym) Jessie Street National Women's Library (eponym) Jessie Street Trust (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Peace Council (NSW) (president, ?-?) Commonwealth Immigration Advisory Council (member, ?-1950) Equal Rights International (vice-chair, ?-?) International Peace Campaign (NSW) (member, ?-?) League of Nations Union (NSW) (member, ?-?) Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales (member, ?-?) World Peace Council (committee member, ?-?) New South Wales Women's Hockey Association (member, 1908-?) Sydney University Women's Sports Association (member, 1910-?) Social Hygiene Association (NSW) (member, 1916-?) National Council of Women (NSW) (secretary, 1920-?) Women's College (University of Sydney) (council member, 1920-1950) House Service Co (NSW) (founder, 1923-?) Sydney University Women's Sports Association (president, 1925-1926) United Association of Women (president, 1930-1950) Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR (Sydney) (president, 1939-?) Russian Medical Aid and Comforts Committee (NSW) (chair, 1941-1945) Aliens Classification and Advisory Committee (member, 1944-?) Australia Russia Friendship Society (NSW) (president, 1946-?)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, 1939-1949)

* Dates are approximate