The lost wave : women and democracy in postwar Italy /
Tambor, Molly,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: women, the bulwark of democracy -- "An essential way of life": the political awakening of women militants -- Gender roles in Italy's elections and constitution -- Legge noce for working mothers: "madonna tempesta" -- The Merlin Law against the Case Chiuse: taking the state out of sex, putting the sex in citizenship -- Both the rights and the duties of citizenship: the Cocco Law for access to all public careers -- Conclusion: the legacy of the lost wave and constitutional rights feminism.
Women
Feminism
Women and democracy
Women politicians