A rebuff by a top editor at the Sun-Times was a turning point in the life of Albright, who became the first female Secretary of State when President Bill Clinton tapped her for the post.
The 64th Secretary of State and the first woman to hold the position, Albright had advocated for a stronger stance against the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and became a feminist icon in her later years
Madeleine Albright spent her teenage years in Colorado before becoming the first female U.S. secretary of state and United Nations ambassador. She died Wednesday.