Vojtěch Náprstek

That building still stands and is located on Bethlehem Square(Betlémské náměstí) in Prague and it is known as Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures.

After the disastrous results of the Prague Upheavals of 1848, Vojtěch left home in secret for the United States, where he finished his law studies.

He helped fellow Czech patriot Charles Jonas learn English, and arranged for his flight to London, and later immigration to Racine, Wisconsin.

Náprstek was an advocate of progressive ideas, including general living conditions in Prague, as well as the provision of education and health care facilities and the introduction of modern technologies in public life (gas lighting and cooking, the telephone, etc.).

[3] When he returned to Prague after ten years abroad, his speeches and presentations about activities established by American women attracted a great deal of attention.

The club offered lectures on questions of women's emancipation, astronomy, medicine, biology, philosophy, literature, history and many other topics.