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Anna Řeháková (16 July 1850 – 27 May 1937) was a Czech teacher, translator, travel writer and novelist.
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Career Řeháková worked as a teacher at the St. Thomas School in Prague for thirty years, contributing to a rise in standards of girls education. Her sister Eliška was also a teacher and they often shared lodgings together and travelled abroad with each other. They both became members of the Association of Czech Female Teachers and the American Club of Czech Ladies.
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Death Řeháková died in 1937 in Prague and was buried with her sister at the Olšany Cemetery in Prague.
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Anna Řeháková (16 July 1850 – 27 May 1937) was a Czech teacher, translator, travel writer and novelist.
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Family Řeháková was born in 1850 in Žitnobranská Street, Prague and was one of seven siblings, including her sister Eliška Řeháková. Her parents were Václav Řehak, the owner of a grocer's shop, and Maria Řeháková-Zelenská, who was from Kutná Hora.
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Writing Alongside teaching, Řeháková was a writer. She contributed to Czech language magazines and translated German women's novels into Czech. She published several travelogue books based on the experiences of her travels in Europe, where she promoted travel to Slovenia and Slovakia. She also wrote works of fiction, including the epistolary novel Andělská srdce (Angelic Hearts, 1905) which featured idealistic representations of patriotic young Czech women who were kind, self-sacrificing and humble.