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Working Italian women, c. 1900. At a time when most women belonged to the peasant class, most were illiterate. Educated women who could read and write about feminism's various aspects were in an isolated position. In order to gain supporters for feminist causes, an appeal to women at all levels of society was needed.
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 ...
Linda Malnati (19 August 1855 – 22 October 1921) was an influential Italian women's rights activist, trade unionist, suffragist, pacifist and educator. She is remembered for her efforts to improve the working conditions of teachers from the 1890s, for her contributions to magazines calling for improved conditions for working women and, in the 1900s, for her support for votes for women.
However, Italian Neorealists personalised this trope and tailored it to the needs of their own socio-cultural context by creating their characters on the spectrum of representation i.e. from the natural woman to the femme fatale. Characteristics such as sexual prowess, extreme social independence and notions of eroticism were justified in Italy ...
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new breed of women started to emerge from the depths of circus tents around the world: the strong-woman. These women quickly drew large crowds of circus lovers ...
This category exists only as a container category for other categories of women. ... 20th-century Italian women (14 C, 263 P) 21st-century Italian women (14 C, 189 P) A.
Tailored jackets and trousers had long been a fashion standard for European men, but for women in the early 1900s, pants were illegal. Getty. In the 1870s, French actress Sarah Bernhardt caused ...
With the oldest population in the European Union, where one in four are aged over 65, it's little surprise that Italy is home to the world's fastest 90-year-old woman sprinter. Emma Maria Mazzenga ...