Ada Natali
Ada Natali (5 March 1898 – 27 April 1990) was an Italian politician. She served in the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was also the first woman to serve as mayor in Italy . Ada natali's father was Giuseppe Natali, socialist and mayor of her native village, and her mother was Argia Germani, a teacher, she was born in Massa Fermana. She studied at the teaching institute in Ascoli Piceno , after receiving her qualifications in 1921, she taught at school in Massa Fermana for ten years. In 1929, she enrolled in the law faculty at the University of Macerata . In 1946, she was elected as the mayor of Massa Fermana after running as a candidate of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and served in that post until 1959. In 1948, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the PCI. During the 1950s, she supported the struggles of workers employed in hat factories to obtain a national contract of employment. Natali also served as director of the feminist . She died in Massa Fermana at the age of 92.