Agda Rossel
/Overview
Agda Rössel (née Viola Jägerstrom) born Gällivare, Sweden November 4, 1910 (d. 2001). Swedish diplomat; international head of Save the Children Federation during World War II; Swedish rep. to UN Human Rights Commission, 1951; first woman to head a UN delegation, Sweden, 1958.
Quotations
"We business and professional women, conscious of our increased responsibilities towards mankind in the light of this new [atomic] power, accept the challenge of it and make it our own." (Geneva, 1956; photo NSD)