Oral history interview with Julia J. Henderson, 2001.

Biographical Note

United Nations -- Division of Social Welfare; Bureau of Social Affairs, Technical Operations; Secretary General of International Planned Parenthood Federation

Scope and Contents

(Born 1915); Childhood in Illinois; education at the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota; involvement with organizing the United Nations; feminism and changing roles of women; women's social roles in administration and the UN; the International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF) and the Foundation's push towards gender equality

Subjects

• Equality.
• Feminism.
• Henderson, Julia J.--Interviews.
• International Planned Parenthood Federation.
• Interviews.
• Jolly, Richard, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Sex discrimination against women.
• United Nations--History.
• United Nations--Officials and employees--Interviews.
• Women's rights.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 2001