"I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy."
How Albright Rocked The World
She was the first woman to serve as the US Secretary of State, but that's not the only reason Madeleine Albright is a legend.
She saw the US as the "indispensable nation" when it came to using diplomacy backed by the use of force to defend democratic values around the world.
Albright was strongly influenced by her father and credits his influence for her own view of the world. After becoming a U.S. citizen, Albright pursued an academic career.
While Albright was the highest-ranking woman in the country at the time she served in the administration, she was not in the presidential line of succession because she was born in Czechoslovakia.
What did Madeleine Albright famously say about women helping other women?
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