Anna Malá (17 May 1886 – 19 April 1948) was a Czechoslovakian politician. In 1920 she was one of the first group of women elected to the Chamber of Deputies.
Anna Malá | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1920–1925 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1873 Nimburg, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 19 April 1948 (aged 61) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Biography edit
Malá was born in Nimburg in Austria-Hungary in 1886. Prior to entering politics, she was a civil servant in Vinohrady district of Prague.[1]
She was a Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party candidate in the 1920 parliamentary elections and was one of sixteen women elected to parliament.[2] After the party split in 1921, she joined to the newly formed Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.[2][3]
After leaving parliament in 1925, she returned to working as clerk and also contributed articles to Rudé právo, the Communist Party's newspaper.[2] She died in Prague in 1948.[2]
References edit
- ^ 1. schůze, přípis volebního soudu, ověření mandátů Chamber of Deputies
- ^ a b c d Aleš Ziegler (2011) Úloha ţen v prvních československých parlamentních volbách roku 1920, pp85, 91, 101
- ^ jmenný rejstřík Chamber of Deputies