Anna Sychravová (7 July 1873 – 22 February 1925) was a Czechoslovak educator and politician. In 1920, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, becoming one of the first group of female members, and the only one elected from Slovakia.Blanca Rodriguez Ruiz & Ruth Rubio-Marín (2012) The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe p237
Biography Sychravová was born to a clerical family in Humpolec in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic) in 1873.Aleš Ziegler (2011) Úloha žen v prvních československých parlamentních volbách roku 1920 She became a teacher, working in Prague and Žižkov, where she also worked for the youth services of the provincial and district authorities. Following the independence of Czechoslovakia after World War I, she worked at the Ministry of Social Welfare for a year before moving to Vrútky, where she returned to teaching.
She was a candidate of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in the 1920 parliamentary elections, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. During her term she sat on the Cultural Committee.Anna Sychravová PSP However, she died in February 1925 in Prague-Vinohrady hospital before her term in office was complete. Her seat was taken by Jozef Pajger.
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