Papers, ca. 1929-1957.

Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi, 1900-1990

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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician who was the first female elected to 6th Governor of Maharashtra and 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly. Hailing from a prominent political family, her brother Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India, her niece Indira Gandhi the first female Prime Minister of India and her grand-nephew Rajiv Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India. Pandit was sent to Lon...

Guthrie, Anne

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Secretary and advisor to the Y.W.C.A., particularly in The Philippines. Representative of The International Alliance of Women to the General Assembly of The United Nations, Biographer of Vijaya Lakshimi Pandit, High Commissioner from Irelia to The United Kingdom. From the description of Papers, ca. 1929-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553016 Anne Guthrie was secretary and advisor to the Y.W.C.A., as well as being the representative of the International Alliance of Wo...

United Nations. General Assembly

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World's Young Women's Christian Association

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International Alliance of Women

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The decision to establish the International Alliance of Women was taken in Washington in 1902 as part of an annual convention of the National American Women Suffrage Association, although it took some nine months to come to fruition. It was originally named the International Woman Suffrage Committee, with Susan B Anthony as president, Vida Goldstein of Australia as secretary and with a committee of five members. This committee consisted of the secretary, Britain's representative Florence Fenwick...