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.
Montagnana in 1948
Biennio Rosso
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The Biennio Rosso was a two-year period, between 1919 and 1920, of intense social conflict in Italy, following the First World War. The revolutionary period was followed by the violent reaction of the
Rita Montagnana
…Party (PSI), becoming a provincial and regional leader. In 1917 she was involved with the Revolt of Turin, and two years later participated in the occupation of factories. Alongside her younger brother Mario, she was a founding member of the Italian Communist Party in 1921. The following year she established La Compagna…
Armed workers occupying factories in Milan, September 1920
Factories manned by the Red Guards in 1920