Madeleine Albright, First Female Secretary Of State, Dies At 84
Madeleine Albright, the first female to serve as U.S. secretary of state, has died at 84. Her family announced her death on Twitter on Wednesday, sharing that she had died of cancer. Albright was born in Prague, became a Nazi refugee as a child, moved to the United States and ended up shaping Western foreign policy on the world stage as an integral part of President Bill Clinton‘s administration. She first served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations before being named U.S. secretary of state where she supported NATO expansion. Her background as a refugee and an immigrant drove her to r...