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Anna Chlebounová (8 December 1875 – 14 March 1946) was a Czech politician. In 1920, she was one of the first group of women elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia, remaining in parliament until 1935.
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Anna Chlebounová (8 December 1875 – 14 March 1946) was a Czech politician. In 1920, she was one of the first group of women elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia, remaining in parliament until 1935.
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Biography Chlebounová was born Anna Burešová in Bučina in 1875. She wanted to train as a teacher, but following her father's death in 1889, the family did not have the financial resources to allow her to study. Her mother sold the family farm and she was sent to live with her uncle for three years, where she spent evenings reading in his extensive library. In 1894, she married Josef Chleboun, who owned a farm in Džbánov. He was elected mayor of the village in 1899 and Chlebounová subsequently assisted him in the running of the village, using a stamp of his signature to approve decisions. The couple had seven children, one of whom died as a child. Their son Miroslav took over the farm in 1924. Following the independence of Czechoslovakia at the end of World War I, Chlebounová was a member of the Revolutionary National Assembly from 1918 to 1920 for the Agrarian Party. In 1920 she was a candidate for the party (now renamed the Republican Party of the Czechoslovak Countryside) for the Chamber of Deputies in the parliamentary elections, and was one of sixteen women elected to parliament. She continued to wear a headscarf, which she saw…