Anna V. (Anna Vostrovský) Čapek

Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in November 1866, Anna Vostrovský Čapek became a Czech American author and journalist whose writing helped preserve and share Czech history and culture. She is identified in library and author records as the sister of Clara Vostrovsky Winlow, the wife of journalist and author Thomas Čapek, and the mother of Thomas Čapek Jr.

She is best known as the co-author of Bohemian (Čech) Bibliography: A Finding List of Writings in English Relating to Bohemia and the Čechs, published in 1918. That book gathered English-language material about Bohemia and Czech people into a single reference work, making it easier for readers and researchers to find reliable information at a time of growing interest in Czech national identity.

Her name also appears on other Czech American cultural projects, including the 1933 World's Fair Memorial of the Czechoslovak Group. Anna Vostrovský Čapek died in December 1956, leaving behind a body of work closely tied to immigrant history, public memory, and the effort to make Czech culture better known in America.