born to a czechoslovakian diplomat, albright and her family fled the former czechoslovakia after the nazi invasion in 1939 and later found safe haven in the united states in 1948. she became a u.s. citizen, married media tycoon joseph albright and had three children all while working on her phd and learning multiple languages. in 1982, albright took a prestigious position as professor of international affairs at georgetown university. it was the shock of her husband asking for a divorce around that same time that changed the course of her life. there was an identity crisis. as it turns out, i think those next ten years were the ones that were the most influential. reporter: she poured herself into her work become former policy adviser to then presidential candidate bill clinton in 1992. clinton tapped her for the post of u.s. ambassador of the united
While I was completing a short biography of the first African and the first Arab United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, word came through of the death of his nemesis
<p>Madeleine Albright's path to being Secretary of State began with her experiences fleeing Prague twice – to escape both Nazism and Stalinism. </p>
Madeleine Albright was my classmate at Wellesley College, graduating in 1959. She was a loyal alum, trying to attend our reunions whenever she could.We have very similar backgrounds, in that we both spent World War II in Europe, came to the U.S. as.