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Sonya Bradford with Hoya - A Heroine of Mine

from Inspirational Women by Hoya by Sonya Bradford with Hoya

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Jessie Street was recognised nationally and internationally for her activism in women's rights, social justice and peace. Jessie campaigned for equality of status for women, equal pay, the appointment of women to public office and the election of women to parliament. Co-founder of the New South Wales Social Hygiene Association (1916) and Co-founder (1928) and President of the United Associations of Women, she was the only woman on the Australian delegation to the founding conference of the United Nations in 1945 and established the UN Commission on the Status of Women and the Charter of Women's Rights. She worked to stop discrimination against Aboriginal people.
Ref: Street, Jessie M. G., Truth or Repose, Australasian Book Society, Sydney, 1966, 338 pp.

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A Heroine of Mine by Judy Small

She was a highborn lady from the gentry on the land.
She never had known poverty but she seemed to understand.
That her privilege depended on the labour of the poor.
And she spent her life in working just to even up the score.

She married a young lawyer and chief justice he became.
She could have spent her whole life in the shelter of his name.
But not for her the glory of reflections in the glass.
She saw the vast injustice and she couldn't let it pass.

CHORUS
She was an inspiration to the women of her time.
And Jessie Street will always be a heroine of mine.


She never had to work but still she fought for equal pay.
And she fought for Aborigines to the silver-tails' dismay.
She was a woman for the people, her commitment clear and strong.
And she used her wealth and influence just to push the cause along.

She saw the waste of human life in wars that make men rich
Her work for peace was endless and they put her on the list.
They branded her a traitor called her communist and more.
But Jessie's voice was never stilled against the crime of war.

CHORUS…She was an…..

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from Inspirational Women by Hoya, track released September 15, 2021
A Heroine of Mine song written by Judy Small and lead vocals Sonya Bradford on the album Inspirational Women, HOYA, a 5 piece ensemble which includes Sonya Bradford on bass guitar and keyboard, Margaret Bradford on harmonies, bowed psaltery and whistle, Gwyn Cleeves on harmonies and guitar, Marcus Holden on violin, dobro, keyboard, cello, guitars, and Ian Knight on mandolin and harmonies and Marcus Holden on violin, cello, dobro, guitars, keyboards
Produced in Bloody Dog Studios Sydney.

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Margaret Bradford Sydney, Australia

Margaret's CD, inspirational women, is fittingly called HOYA- after the perennial green vine which she inherited from her grandmother. Like the Hoya plant, women’s stories grow and survive, we endure, and our struggles and responses intertwine and recur in each generation. Excellent musicians, on guitar, fiddle, mandolin & piano create a delightful river of sound under Margaret's songs ... more

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