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People named Madeleine Albright

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Madeleine (Korbel) Albright
Born in what was then Czechoslovakia to Josef Korbel (a Czech diplomat) and Anna Spieglová Korbel, Madeleine had one younger sister, Katherine, and one younger brother, John. After WW2, the family moved around Europe due to her father's diplomatic missions. She spent her teen years in Denver Colorado, graduating from high school in Denver. While interning at The Denver Post during college at Wellesley, Madeleine (as she was then known) met newspaper scion Joseph Medill Patterson Albright. They married shortly after she graduated - in 1959. They eventually had 3 children (2 of which were twin daughters) and remained married until their divorce in 1982. Appointed to US Ambassador to the United Nations by President Clinton in 1993, he later appointed her as the first female Secretary of State from the United States (1997). For additional details about Madeleine's illustrious life see her USA Today Madeleine (Korbel) Albright: Obituary.
Madeleine Albright of Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas was born on June 7, 1889, and died at age 90 years old in September 1979.
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