Nilde Iotti
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Leonilde "Nilde" Iotti was an Italian politician, member of the Italian Communist Party. Towards the end of World War Two, she fought as a partisan for the Italian resistance. She was the first and on
Official portrait of Iotti from 1948
Rita Montagnana
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Rita Montagnana was an Italian politician of the Communist Party. She was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 as one of the first group of women parliamentarians in Italy.
Nilde Iotti
…the general election. Their relationship was opposed by Italy's public opinion, including many communists, because Togliatti was already married to Rita Montagnana at the time. However, Togliatti forced his wife Rita and their son Aldo, who was mentally ill, to live in Moscow, so he could continue his relationship…
Montagnana in 1948