Emily Gregory Hickman

Overview

Emily Gregory Hickman born Buffalo, NY July 12, 1880 (d. 1947). History professor; peace advocate; delegate to Universal Peace Conference, Brussels 1936; member of Shotwell Commission planning for UN; State Dept. expert at creation of UN 1945.

Quotations

"It is very essential that the United States delegation of five [to the first meeting of the UN] includes at least one woman." (Oct. 10, 1945, Judy Litoff & David Smith, What Kind of World Do We Want?, p. 228, 2000)