Jessie Street
Jessie Street was born on April 18, 1889. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Jessie Street
Jessie Mary Grey Street (née Lillingston; 18 April 1889 – 2 July 1970) was an Australian diplomat, suffragette, and a campaigner for Indigenous Australian rights. She was referred to as "Red Jessie" by the Australian media, due to her support for the Soviet Union through World War II and the Cold War, as she organised the "Sheepskins for Russia" campaign during World War II, and she was notably one of two Australians to attend Stalin's funeral. As Australia's only female delegate to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, Jessie served as the first Vice President of the United Nations…