Emily Thompson

EMILY THOMPSON was born in Topeka, Kansas, in the United States. She completed her Master’s degree in Philology at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and holds a BA in English and French Literature from Kansas State University. She has previously worked as a staff writer and editor for The Prague Post and has contributed to Global Post, Public Radio International, Fair Observer, and other international publications. Her interests are Central and South-Eastern European history and cultural studies, women’s studies, human rights, linguistics and media freedom. She currently works in Communications in Prague for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

MILADA HORÁKOVÁ – THE TRAGIC DESTINY OF A CZECHOSLOVAK PROTO-FEMINIST

At 8:15 a.m. on 8 June 1950, LLD Milada Horáková entered a Prague courtroom with twelve others accused of political crimes against Communist Czechoslovakia. There, she was barraged with one vitriolic salvo after another as the frenzied prosecutors accused her of plotting the destruction of the republic, espionage, and conspiring

2014.11.09.

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