Anna Sychravová

Anna Sychravová was a Czechoslovak educator and politician. In 1920, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, becoming one of the first group of female members, and the only one elected from Slovakia.

Biography

Sychravová was born to a clerical family in Humpolec in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary in 1873. She became a teacher, working in Prague and Žižkov, where she also worked for the youth services of the provincial and district authorities. Following the independence of Czechoslovakia after World War I, she worked at the Ministry of Social Welfare for a year before moving to Vrútky, 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. However, she died in February 1925 in Prague-Vinohrady hospital before her term in office was complete. Her seat was taken by Jozef Pajger.