WOMEN..... IN ACTION

Pink chronology

During the Risorgimento some women partecipates directly in some of the most significant events.

donne_1.gif (4533 byte) 18th March 1848
Laura Soleri Mantegazza participates in the 
"5 Days of Milan".


Trivulzio Cristina brings to Milan a ship with 200 Neapolitan volunteers.

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1848
During the seige of Roma Trivulzio Cristina directs the quarantine hospitals on behalf of Mazzini.


Anita Riberio, partner of Garibaldi, dies near Ravenna.   

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5th May 1860
Rosalia Montmasson, wife of Francesco Crispi, and Jessie White Mario, nurse and English journalist, participate in the "Spedizione dei Mille".		 jessie.jpg (3618 byte)
Jessie White Mario

 
31st May 1860
Giuseppa Calcagno (Peppa la cannoniera ) participates in the Catania insurrection.

 

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July 1860
Sofia di Baviera,  wife of Francesco II king of Naples, convinces the husband to grant the Constitution		 sofia.jpg (19860 byte)

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