Milada Paulová

Milada Paulová (2 November 1891 – 17 January 1970) was a Czech historian and Byzantologist, and the first female professor at Charles University, Prague.

Early life and education Paulová was born in Loukov in Bohemia. Her mother died when she was three years old, and her father was the director of a sugarcane factory.

In 1925, Paulová was made assistant professor of History of Eastern Europe and the Balkans, the first woman in Czechoslovakia to achieve this title. She was the author of several books on the history of Yugoslavia, the Czechoslovak-Yugoslavian relations, and Byzantium.

Awards and honours Paulová was the first woman to be elected as an extraordinary member of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences (1929) and the (1946).

The Milada Paulová Award is given out by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in recognition of the lifelong achievements of women researchers in the Czech Republic.