Madeleine Albright

Source: Czech Centres / FDULS

A Czech-American woman who emigrated with her family to the USA after the Communist Coup d'état in 1948.

Source: Czech Centres / FDULS

A Czech-American woman who emigrated with her family to the USA after the Communist Coup d'état in 1948. She was the first woman to become Secretary of State of the United States of America in 1997-2001. Thanks in part to her diplomatic activities, the Czech Republic became a part of NATO in 1999.

The illustrated project Czech Heroines was inspired by the centenary of voting rights for Czech women and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Czech writer Božena Němcová. It is a joint project by the Czech Centres, the Faculty of Design and Art at the University of West Bohemia and Radio Prague International.