Božena Viková-Kunětická
Czech member of Czech council, politician, feminist, writer and playwright (1862–1934)
Božena Viková-Kunětická (30 July 1862 – 18 March 1934) was a Czech nationalist politician, writer and feminist.
Biography
Božena Viková-Kunětická was born Božena Novotná on 30 July 1862 in Pardubice, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (today the Czech Republic). She was the first female member of the Bohemian diet. From 1921, she lived in Libočany, where she died in 1934. A novelist, her work is stored at the Literary Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature.
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