Mildred Persinger

Mildred Emory Persinger (born in Roanoke, Virginia, April 28, 1918) is an American feminist and international activist for non-governmental organizations (NGO).[1]

In the early 1960s Persinger served as a public member on the U.S. Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, and on the Committee Against Discrimination of the American Civil Liberties Union. From 1969-72, Persinger was chairwoman of the Conference of the US Conference of NGOs. Persinger was the United States' World YWCA observer at the United Nations from 1968 to the present.[2]

Persinger chaired the planning and management of the 1975 NGO Forum parallel to the first UN World Women's Conference in Mexico City, the first of the series ending with Beijing 1985. She turned 100 in April 2018.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Garner, Karen (November 2007). "World YWCA Leaders and the UN Decade for Women" (PDF). Journal of International Women’s Studies. 9 (1). Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  2. ↑ Joachim, Jutta M. (2007). Agenda Setting, the un, and NGOs: Gender Violence and Reproductive Rights. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1-58901-175-5.
  3. ↑ "Hollins Alumnae Association". m.facebook.com.
  • Olcott, Jocelyn (2017). International Women's Year: The Greatest Consciousness-Raising Event in History. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195327687.
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