Did you know- From 1993 to 1996, Madeleine Albright, who speaks Czech, English, French, Polish and Russian, served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. In this period, she was one of the few female ambassadors in the United Nations, along with Claudia Fritsche (Liechtenstein), Akmaral Arystanbekova (Kazhkstan), Louise Fréchette (Canada) and Annete del Iles (Trinidad & Tobago). In New York City, she supported the entrance of Eastern Europe to the OTAN. In 1982 she wrote her book "Poland: The Role of the Press in Political Change".
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Did you know- By the early 1930s, Jane Addams became the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Oslo, Norway. She shared the Nobel Prize for Peace with professor Nicholas Murray Buttler. Addams was an ardent supporter of women's rights.
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Did you know- By the early 1930s, Jane Addams became the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Oslo, Norway. She shared the Nobel Prize for Peace with professor Nicholas Murray Buttler. Addams was an ardent supporter of women's rights.