Dr. Madeleine Albright, a political juggernaut, has died at the age 84 on March 23, 2022. As her family announced on Twitter, cancer was the cause of her death.
“We are heartbroken to announce that Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th U.S. Secretary of State and the first woman to hold that position passed away earlier today. The cause was cancer,” the statement read. “She was surrounded by family and friends. We have lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend.”
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Albright immigrated from Czechoslovakia with her family in 1948. She started her career in political campaigns, as well as in non-profit work, and eventually became a Georgetown professor. President Clinton appointed her as ambassador to the United Nations in 1993 and made her his secretary, the first female to hold that position. Albright was at the time the highest-ranking female in the history the U.S. government. She held the post until George W. Bush assumed office in 2001.
Madeleine Albright was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom 2012 and 1995. GlamourWomen of the Year. She also coined the iconic phrase “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.”
According to USA Today, State Department spokesman Ned Price said of the news, “She was a trailblazer as the first female secretary of state and quite literally opened doors for a large element of our workforce…. She took so many people under her wing…. It’s a really devastating piece of news.”
When presenting her with the Medal of Freedom, President Obama said, “As the first woman to serve as America’s top diplomat, Madeleine’s courage and toughness helped bring peace to the Balkans and paved the way for progress in some of the most unstable corners of the world. And as an immigrant herself—the granddaughter of Holocaust victims who fled her native Czechoslovakia as a child—Madeleine brought a unique perspective to the job. This is one my favorite stories. Once, at a naturalization ceremony, an Ethiopian man came up to her and said, ‘Only in America can a refugee meet the secretary of state.’ And she replied, ‘Only in America can a refugee become the secretary of state.’”
Source: Glamour