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FEMINIST HISTORIANS OF MATERIAL CULTURE.
Donne piemontesi nella lotta di liberazione 99 partigiane cadute, 185 deportate, 38 cadute civili
ca. 1945
Gobetti, Ada, Intro. Donne piemontesi nella lotta di liberazione 99 partigiane cadute, 185 deportate, 38 cadute civili. Turin, Italy: Torino Commissione femminile dell’ A.N.P.I. provinciale di Torino, nd. [ca. 1945]. 24 cm, 103 pp.; many b/w portraits, wrappers darkened and a bit worn, small ink numeric notation on front cover.
Haunting commemoration of women partisans in the Italian Resistance, with portraits, personal testimony, extensive biographical details, information about individual service and military action, and battle recollections. Includes many reproductions of letters and clandestine flyers and newsletters by the women’s resistance groups Gruppi di defesa della donne and La Difesa della Lavoratrice, as well as the Corpo Volontari della Liberta. The list of deported women is mostly Jewish, and includes girls as young as 9.
OCLC lists North American holdings at Harvard, NYPL, and Princeton.
$350
