Anna Sychravová (7 July 1873 – 22 February 1925) was a Czechoslovakian 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.^[1]

Biography

Sychravová was born to a clerical family in Humpolec in Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic) in 1873.^[2] She became a teacher, working in Prague and Žižkov, where she also worked for the youth services of the provincial and district authorities.^[2] 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.^[2]

She was a candidate of the Czechoslovakian 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.^[3] However, she died in February 1925 in Vinohrady hospital before her term in office was complete. Her seat was taken by Jozef Pajger.^[3]

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