A Woman to Know: Minerva Bernardino
Ms. Bernardino spoke up for women in the aftermath of World War II, understanding that life for women would never be the same. — Kristen Timothy
(image via University of North Carolina)
She made sure we got "equal rights of men AND WOMEN" in the United Nations charter.
Add to your library list:
Women, Gender and Human Rights: A Global Perspective (Marjorie Agosin)
Women's Human Rights (Niamh Reilly)
Read more:
Minerva Bernardino, 91, Dominican Feminist (The New York Times)
Women's Rights in the Universal Declaration (Human Rights Quarterly)
Collection of speeches, reports and articles authored by Minerva Bernardino (Deakin University Library)
Women and the "Women Question" in the United Nations (University of North Carolina)
The Unfinished Story of Women and the United Nations (The United Nations)
The Inter-American Commission of Women and Women's Suffrage (JSTOR)
"An Open Letter to the Women of the World" (Eleanor Roosevelt and Minerva Bernardino)
The strange case of Minerva Bernardino: United Nations activist (JSTOR)
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