Women and Political Participation in the Italian Historical and Constitutional Experience

Abstract

Ida Fazio authored paragraph 1
Laura Lorello authored the Introduction and paragraph 2

A brief overview of women’s political participation in Italy and Sicily between the Risorgimento period and the Republic shows a difficult path, initially reserved for women from the cultural and social elites and then gradually becoming more and more established through emancipationist political movements and philanthropic, social and professional commitment.