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Anna Sychravová
Czechoslovak educator and politician (1873–1925) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anna Sychravová (7 July 1873 – 22 February 1925) was a Czechoslovak educator and politician. In 1920, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, becoming one of the first group of female members, and the only one elected from Slovakia.[1]
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Biography
Sychravová was born to a clerical family in Humpolec in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic) in 1873.[2] She became a teacher, working in Prague and Žižkov, where she also worked for the youth services of the provincial and district authorities.[2] Following the independence of Czechoslovakia after World War I, she worked at the Ministry of Social Welfare for a year before moving to Vrútky, where she returned to teaching.[2]
She was a candidate of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in the 1920 parliamentary elections, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. During her term she sat on the Cultural Committee.[3] However, she died in February 1925 in Prague-Vinohrady hospital before her term in office was complete. Her seat was taken by Jozef Pajger.[3]
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