Anna Sychravová (7 July 1873 – 22 February 1925) was a

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educator and politician. In 1920, she was elected to the

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, becoming one of the first group of female members, and the only one elected from Slovakia.Blanca Rodriguez Ruiz & Ruth Rubio-Marín (2012
''The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe''
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Biography

Sychravová was born to a clerical family in

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(now in the

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) in 1873.Aleš Ziegler (2011
Úloha žen v prvních československých parlamentních volbách roku 1920
/ref> She became a teacher, working in

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and

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, where she also worked for the youth services of the provincial and district authorities. Following the independence of Czechoslovakia after

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, she worked at the Ministry of Social Welfare for a year before moving to

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, where she returned to teaching. She was a candidate of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in the 1920 parliamentary elections, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. During her term she sat on the Cultural Committee.Anna Sychravová
PSP However, she died in February 1925 in Prague-

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hospital before her term in office was complete. Her seat was taken by Jozef Pajger.

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