Frantiska Plaminkova

Overview

Frantiŝka Plamínková born Prague, Czechoslovakia February 5, 1875 (d. 1942). Pioneering Czech feminist; teacher; WILPF member. Elected to Czech National Assembly as senator, 1925; delegate to League of Nations, 1931; jailed by Nazis, 1939, 1942; executed by firing squad without trial, 1942.

Quotations

"I am firmly convinced that the truth will, after all, prevail even against the military superiority." (Letter to Hitler, 1938, Czech Dialog, pp. 3-4, 2007; photo http://bit.ly/JgP8Uo)