Elena Gatti Caporaso

Elena Gatti Caporaso (2 March 1918 – 13 September 1999) was an Italian socialist politician and feminist.[1][2]

Political career

She joined the Italian Socialist Party and played an important leadership role from 1949, as well as militating for civil rights as a member of the Unione donne italiane along with her friend Giuliana Nenni.[2] In 1954, at the National Conference of Socialist Women, she defined emancipation as an issue common to all women, cutting across class lines.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Di Scala, Spencer (1996). Italian Socialism: Between Politics and History. Univ of Massachusetts Press. pp. 136–137.
  2. 1 2 "Elena Gatti Caporaso". Fondazione Archivio Diaristico Nazionale. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
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