Washington, Mar 23 (EFE).- Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as the United States’ top diplomat, passed away on Wednesday, her family said in a statement. She was 84. Albright, a Czech immigrant who was secretary of state from 1997 to 2001, died of cancer in the company of her family and friends, the …
Madeleine Albright Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Father: Josef Korbel, diplomat
Children: Katharine, 1967; Anne and Alice (twins), 1961
Education: Wellesley College, B.A., 1959; Columbia University, M.A., 1968; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1976
Religion: Raised Roman Catholic, converted to Episcopalian
Other Facts
Known for wearing brooches or decorative pins to convey her foreign policy messages.
Her family escaped Czechoslovakia 10 days after the Nazi invasion.
Timeline
1976-1978 – Maine Senator Edmund Muskie’s chief legislative assistant.
1978-1981 – Serves as a White House staff member and congressional liaison for the National Security Council under Zbigniew Brzezinski in the Carter administration.
1981 – Senior fellow in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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