Anna Maria Mozzoni (5 May 1837 – 14 June 1920) is commonly held as the founder of the woman's movement in Italy. One of the roles she is most known for is her pivotal involvement in gaining women's suffrage in Italy.
Anna Maria Mozzoni | |
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| Born | May 5, 1837 |
| Died | 14 June 1920 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Activist |
Biography
editMozzoni was born in Milan in 1837.[1][2] Early in her career, Mozzoni embraced the utopian socialism of Charles Fourier. She later defended the poor and championed women's equality, arguing that women needed to enter the workplace to develop the female personality outside of the "monarcato patriarcale" (patriarchal family).[3]
In 1864, she wrote Woman and her social relationships on the occasion of the revision of the Italian Civil Code (La donna e i suoi rapporti sociali in occasione della revisione del codice italiano), a feminist critique of Italian family law. In 1877 Mozzoni presented a petition to parliament for woman suffrage. In 1878 Mozzoni represented Italy at the International Congress on Women's Rights in Paris.[1]
In 1879, she published her translation from English into Italian of The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill.[4] In 1881 Mozzoni joined with other republicans, radicals, and socialists in a call for universal suffrage, including woman suffrage. In 1881, she also founded the League for the Promotion of the Interests of Women (Lega promotrice degli interessi femminili) in Milan to promote a variety of causes of interest to women.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Anna Maria Mozzoni". Enciclopedia Delle Donne (in Italian). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ a b Salzano, Giuseppina; Verde, Giovanni. "Great Italians of the Past: Anna Maria Mozzoni". We the Italians. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Russell, Rinaldina, ed. (1997). The Feminist Encyclopedia of Italian Literature (1st ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-313-29435-8.
- ^ Shepherd, Naomi. "Anna Kuliscioff". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- Sunshine for Women. Anna Maria Mozzoni 1837-1920