Elvira Banotti
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Elvira Banotti was an Italian journalist and writer of Italian Eritrean descent, feminist activist and founder of the Rivolta Femminile group in the early 1970s.
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Feminism in Italy
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Feminism in Italy originated during the Italian Renaissance period, beginning in the late 13th century. Italian writers such as Moderata Fonte, Lucrezia Marinella, and others developed the theoretical
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The Virgin Reading (1505–10), by Vittore Carpaccio. Literacy spread among upper-class women in Italy during the Renaissance.
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