Angela Jurdak Khoury

Angela Jurdak Khoury (Arabic: أنجيلا جورداك خوري; September 24, 1915 - May 29, 2011) was a Lebanese diplomat and college professor based in Washington, D.C. representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women CSW at its founding years during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

[1] Khoury was born in Dhour El Choueir, in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate (Modern day Lebanon) the daughter of Mansur Hanna Jurdak (1881-1964), a mathematician and astronomer on the faculty of the American University of Beirut, and Leah Abs Jurdak.

[2] Later in life, she earned a PhD in international relations, from American University in Washington D.C.[3] As a young woman, Khoury was a member of the Lebanese national tennis team, played piano in concerts, and was known as a long-distance swimmer.

[2][5] She served as assistant director of the Allied Powers Radio Poll for Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine during World War II.

[7][8] She was Lebanese consul in New York for a time, and served on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women at its founding in 1946.