A Life of Resistance - Ada Prospero Marchesini Gobetti (1902-1968)

This biography of writer, translator, teacher, and feminist Ada Gobetti, the first in English or Italian, frames her activism in the Resistenza as a chapter in a lifetime of resistance.

List of contents

Introduction
Early Years (1902-1918)
New Life (1918-1920)
The Path of Resistance (1920-1926)
Resisting Alone (1926-1939)
Antifascism for Children (1939-1940)
War (1940-1943)
The Resistenza (1943-1945)
Postwar Politics (1945-1947)
Women's Rights, Human Rights (1947-1961)
Educating Resisters (1947-1968)
Conclusion: The Legacy of Resistance
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Jomarie Alano

Summary

This biography of writer, translator, teacher, and feminist Ada Gobetti, the first in English or Italian, frames her activism in the Resistenza as a chapter in a lifetime of resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Jomarie Alano, Jomare Jomare Alano, Jomare (Customer) Jomare Alano
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781580465724
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-572-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 242 mm x 165 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 634 g
• Illustrations: 20 b/w illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Italien, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Politik und Staat