Plaminkova, Frantiska (1875–1942)
Plaminkova, Frantiska (1875–1942)
Czech feminist and politician. Name variations: sometimes erroneously spelled Franciska Plamnikova. Born 1875 in Czechoslovakia; executed by the Nazis in 1942.
Founded Women's Club of Prague (1901) and Committee for Women's Suffrage (1905); elected to Municipal Council of Prague (1918), and to Legislative Assembly (1925) and Senate of Czechoslovia (1929); became the 1st chair of Czech Council of Women and vice-chair of International Council of Women (ICW, 1923); campaigned on behalf of Czech women in UK (1939); arrested upon return to Czechoslovakia in retaliation for the death of Heydrich, was sent to a concentration camp (1942).
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