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Author Alano, Jomarie, author.

Title A life of resistance : Ada Prospero Marchesini Gobetti (1902-1968) / Jomarie Alano
Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2017

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Contents Chronology -- Early years (1902-1918) -- New life (1918-1920) -- The path of resistance (1920-1926) -- Resisting alone (1926-1939) -- Antifascism for children (1939-1940) -- War (1940-1943) -- The Resistenza (1943-1945) -- Postwar politics (1945-1947) -- Women's rights, human rights (1947-1961) -- Educating resisters (1947-1968) -- Conclusion: The legacy of resistance -- Glossary
Summary "By the time Turin was liberated in April 1945, writer, translator, teacher, and women's rights activist Ada Gobetti had been fighting fascism for almost twenty-five years. This biography, the first in English or Italian, frames her wartime activism in the Resistenza as a chapter in a lifetime of resistance. Ada Gobetti participated in the underground Giustizia e Libertà movement, and helped to found the Partito d'Azione, a political party whose members asked her to represent them as vice mayor of Turin after the war. For Ada Gobetti, the Resistenza also brought an awareness of the specific talents, needs, and rights of Italian women. This led her to organize other Italian women against German occupiers and Fascist oppressors, found an underground women's newspaper, and solidify her views regarding women as a political force. After 1945, resistance meant espousing a set of ideals exemplified by the best that came out of the Resistenza, ideals of grassroots democracy, women's rights, and democratic education for which Ada Gobetti would fight for the rest of her life"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 10, 2017)
Subject Gobetti, Ada, 1902-1968.
SUBJECT Gobetti, Ada, 1902-1968 fast
Subject Women political activists -- Italy -- Biography
Political activists -- Italy -- Biography
Women intellectuals -- Italy -- Biography
Intellectuals -- Italy -- Biography
Women guerrillas -- Italy -- Biography
Guerrillas -- Italy -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Italy
Government, Resistance to -- Italy -- History -- 20th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
HISTORY / Europe / Western
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
Government, Resistance to
Guerrillas
Intellectuals
Political activists
Politics and government
War -- Underground movements
Women guerrillas
Women intellectuals
Women political activists
SUBJECT Italy -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069010
Subject Italy
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782049203
1782049207