Editing Madeleine Albright (section)

=== Youth and young adulthood in the United States ===
Korbel's family emigrated from the United Kingdom on the [[SS America (1939)|SS ''America'']], departing [[Southampton]] on November 5, 1948, and arriving at [[Ellis Island]] in [[New York Harbor]] on November 11, 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libertyellisfoundation.org/passenger-details/czoxMzoiOTAxMTg2NjE2MTgwOSI7/czo5OiJwYXNzZW5nZXIiOw==|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141231081937/http://libertyellisfoundation.org/passenger-details/czoxMzoiOTAxMTg2NjE2MTgwOSI7/czo5OiJwYXNzZW5nZXIiOw==|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2014|title=Passenger Manifest|work=The Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation|access-date=December 31, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Dobbs">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhZghL4Rr-EC |title=Madeleine Albright: A twentieth-century odyssey |first=Michael |last=Dobbs |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |access-date=December 31, 2014 |isbn=0-8050-5659-9 |year=1999 |archive-date=October 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022011216/http://books.google.com/books?id=dhZghL4Rr-EC |url-status=live }}</ref> The family initially settled in [[Great Neck]] on the [[North Shore (Long Island)|North Shore]] of [[Long Island]].{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=18}} Korbel applied for [[political asylum]], arguing that as an opponent of Communism, he was under threat in Prague.{{sfn|Albright|2003|pp=19–20}} Korbel stated "I cannot, of course, return to the [[Communist Czechoslovakia]] as I would be arrested for my faithful adherence to the ideals of democracy. I would be most obliged to you if you could kindly convey to his Excellency the Secretary of State that I beg of him to be granted the right to stay in the United States, the same right to be given to my wife and three children."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knaus |first=Gerald |date=December 12, 2021 |title=Albright on hope – Europe whole and free – An award – Our deal in the Aegean |url=https://www.esiweb.org/newsletter/albright-hope-europe-whole-and-free-award-our-deal-aegean |access-date=March 23, 2022 |publisher=European Stabilization Initiative |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231043514/https://esiweb.org/newsletter/albright-hope-europe-whole-and-free-award-our-deal-aegean |url-status=live }}</ref>

With the help of Philip Moseley, a Russian language professor at [[Columbia University]] in New York City, Korbel obtained a position on the staff of the political science department at the [[University of Denver]] in Colorado.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=20}} He became dean of the university's school of [[international relations]], and later taught future U.S. Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]]. The school was named the [[Josef Korbel School of International Studies]] in 2008 in his honor.<ref name=autogenerated2 />

Madeleine Korbel spent her teen years in [[Denver]] and in 1955 graduated from the [[Kent Denver School]] in [[Cherry Hills Village, Colorado|Cherry Hills Village]], a suburb of Denver. She founded the school's international relations club and was its first president.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=24}} She attended [[Wellesley College]], in [[Wellesley, Massachusetts]], on a full scholarship, majoring in [[political science]], and graduated in 1959.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=47}} The topic of her senior thesis was [[Zdeněk Fierlinger]], a former [[Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakian prime minister]].{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=43}} She became a naturalized [[United States nationality law|U.S. citizen]] in 1957, and joined the [[College Democrats of America]].{{sfn|Albright|2003|pp=34–35}}

While home in Denver from Wellesley, Korbel worked as an intern for ''[[The Denver Post]]''. There she met [[Joseph Albright (journalist)|Joseph Albright]]. He was the nephew of [[Alicia Patterson]], owner of ''[[Newsday]]'' and wife of philanthropist [[Harry Frank Guggenheim]].{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=36}} Korbel converted to the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] at the time of her marriage.<ref name=dobbs /><ref name="ushmm_2007-04-12" /> The couple were married in Wellesley in 1959, shortly after her graduation.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=47}} They lived in [[Rolla, Missouri]], while Joseph completed his military service at nearby [[Fort Leonard Wood (military base)|Fort Leonard Wood]]. During this time, Albright worked at ''[[The Rolla Daily News]]''.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=48}}

The couple moved to Joseph's hometown of Chicago, Illinois, in January 1960. Joseph worked at the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' as a journalist, and Albright worked as a picture editor for ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''.{{sfn|Albright|2003|pp=49–50}} The following year, Joseph Albright began work at ''Newsday'' in New York City, and the couple moved to [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]] on Long Island.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=52}} That year, she gave birth to twin daughters, [[Alice P. Albright|Alice Patterson Albright]] and Anne Korbel Albright. The twins were born six weeks premature and required a long hospital stay. As a distraction, Albright began Russian language classes at [[Hofstra University]] in the [[Hempstead (village), New York|Village of Hempstead]] nearby.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=52}}

In 1962, the family moved to Washington, D.C., where they lived in [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]]. Albright studied international relations and continued in Russian at the [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies]], a division of [[Johns Hopkins University]] in the capital.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=54}}

Joseph's aunt Alicia Patterson died in 1963, and the Albrights returned to Long Island with the notion of Joseph taking over the family newspaper business.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=55}} Albright gave birth to another daughter, Katharine Medill Albright, in 1967. She continued her studies at Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government.{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=56}} (It was later renamed as the political science department, and is located within the [[School of International and Public Affairs]].) She earned a certificate in Russian from the [[Harriman Institute|Russian Institute]] (now Harriman Institute),<ref>{{Cite news |last=McBride |first=Courtney |date=March 24, 2022 |title=Madeleine Albright, First Woman to Serve as U.S. Secretary of State, Dies at 84 |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/madeleine-albright-first-woman-to-serve-as-secretary-of-state-dies-11648061238 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam: Madeleine Albright (1937–2022) |url=https://harriman.columbia.edu/in-memoriam-madeleine-albright-1937-2022/ |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=The Harriman Institute |language=en-US}}</ref> an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] and a PhD, writing her master's thesis on the [[People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs|Soviet diplomatic corps]] and her doctoral [[dissertation]] on the role of journalists in the [[Prague Spring]] of 1968.{{sfn|Albright|2003|pp=56, 59-60, 69-71}} She also took a graduate course given by [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]], who later became her boss at the [[United States National Security Council|U.S. National Security Council]].{{sfn|Albright|2003|p=57}}