Her father
Pavol Čarnogurský was a politician in the
Slovak Republic under Nazi rule. In her early career she worked as a teacher, translator and
Germanist, author of pedagogical literature and textbooks. Slivková was the editor of the
Czechoslovak Radio in
Bratislava. Slivková co-founded the renewed
Scout Guild in
Slovakia after 1989 and was involved in the Slovak Catholic Charity. Like her husband,
Martin Slivka, she was known as a promoter of Slovak folklore. == References ==