Fast Facts about Madeleine Albright

- Albright is the first female U.S. Secretary of State and the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government, having served from 1997 to 2001.

- During World War ll, she was one of the children shown in a documentary film designed to promote sympathy for all war refugees in London.

- During her tenure as the United Nations’ Ambassador, she had a stony relationship with then the U.N. Secretary-general, Boutros Boutros- Ghali, whom she criticized as "disengaged" and "neglectful" of genocide in Rwanda. She wrote: "My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to stop these crimes."

-She also serves as an Honorary Chair for the World Justice Project which works to lead a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the RULE OF LAW for the development of communities of opportunity and equity.

-She was honored for her public service with the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award, the second recipient of this award presented by the Prague Society for International Cooperation.

-She has also received the Menschen in Europa Award for furthering the cause of international understanding.

-In 1998 Albright was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame (an American Institution created in 1969 in Seneca Falls, New York, the location of the 1848 women’s rights convention).

- Albright endorsed and supported Hillary Clinton in her 2008 and 2016 presidential campaign.

Madeleine Albright once said:

"There's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other"- a phrase Albright had used on several previous occasions in other contexts.

She continues: "I absolutely believe what I said, that women should help one another, but I did not mean to argue that women should support a particular candidate based solely on gender.”

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