The thesis centers around Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State in the United States. It is about her journey from being a Czech refugee to her diplomatic appointment first, as a UN ambassador to the U.S. and second, as U.S. Secretary of State. Her experiences as an immigrant and her academic and professional career shaped her approach to humanitarian crises, some of which are discussed in the thesis, such as the Haiti and Bosnia crises and the Rwanda genocide. Madeleine Albright is represented as both a trailblazer as a woman in diplomacy, and someone who was criticized for her approach and stances in some global conflicts.