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In 2007 the NOIAW joined with the Italian Foreign Ministry, to establish an Exchange Program. Under this program Italian students spend two weeks as guests of the organization and on alternate years Italian American College students go to Italy. The organization awards scholarships each year to Italian American women for pursuit of higher ...
Lynsey Addario (born 1973) - photojournalist known for her coverage of women in war-torn countries; Severo Antonelli (1907–1995) - legendary figure in Philadelphia Italian American history and the subject of one of the largest ever one-man shows at the Smithsonian Institution
After World War II, Italian American women acquired an increasing degree of freedom in choosing a career and seeking higher levels of education. Consequently, the second half of the 20th century was a period in which Italian American women excelled in virtually all fields of endeavor.
The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815606628. Bona, Mary Jo (1999). Claiming a Tradition: Italian American Women Writers. SIU Press. ISBN 9780809322589. Bona, Mary Jo, ed. (2007). The Voices We Carry: Recent Italian American Women's Fiction. UTP Distribution. ISBN 9781550710991.
Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol season six finalist; half-Italian through his mother; Pablo Manavello – Italian-born Venezuelan composer, guitarist, singer and songwriter; Al Martino, singer; Guy Marks (1923–1987) (Mario Scarpa) actor, comedian, singer and impressionist; Dean Martin (1917–1995), born Dino Crocetti, singer and film actor [8]
Women in Italy refers to women who are from (or reside in) Italy. The legal and social status of Italian women has undergone rapid transformations and changes during the past decades. This includes family laws, the enactment of anti-discrimination measures, and reforms to the penal code (in particular with regard to crimes of violence against ...
Michael F. Doyle, congressman (Italian mother, maiden name Fusco) [73] Larry Farnese, attorney and state senator; Vincent Fumo, former state senator, former Democratic State Senate Appropriations Chairman; Melissa Hart, former U.S. congresswoman (Italian mother, Albina Simone) [74] Frank Mascara, former U.S. congressman [5] Doug Mastriano ...
Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American author, activist, and journalist. She spent almost four years incarcerated in Italy after her wrongful conviction in the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a fellow exchange student, with whom she shared an apartment in Perugia.