KP/JK/3/MAS/1 - Letter, Jessie Kenney to Dr Jan Masaryk, 28/9/1938

Reference code

KP/JK/3/MAS/1

Level of description

Item

Title

Letter, Jessie Kenney to Dr Jan Masaryk, 28/9/1938

Date/s

28/9/1938

Quantity & Format

4 leaves Letters (typescript)

Subject

Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1938-1945

Creator

Kenney, Jessie

Creator

Masaryk, Jan, 1886-1948

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Jessie offers her services to Czechoslovakia in a time of national crisis. She includes references, a testimonial and a potted history of her suffrage activities.

“I … was shocked when I read of the betrayal of Czechoslovakia by Mr Chamberlain and the retrograde forces of Great Britain and France … If I was a man I would ask to enlist in your army …I believe I could be of far more use to you working under your banner, than working with the British League of Nations, or any other British political war organisation.”

She is willing to forgo her imminent trip to Australia as a member of a ship’s staff.

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