Date uploaded: 2022-03-23 18:48:07

Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright, the first female secretary of state, who arrived in the U.S. as a young girl from war-torn Czechoslovakia before becoming a political and feminist icon, died Wednesday at 84. Albright's death from cancer was confirmed by her family in a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday. To learn more about Madeleine Albright, visit the link in our bio.