Italian women made their debut in the political scene in 1946, obtaining the right to vote and be elected. So far research has focused on the political and social backgrounds of women elected to the Assemblea Costituente and then to Parliament. Our research, on the other hand, will focus on the 1946 elections in town halls, where women had for the first time the real chance to administer public aairs. We wonder how these women came to take on government responsibilities in still very traditionalist realities. To answer this question, we decided to analyze the archives of one of the first Italian women mayors, named Elsa Damiani Prampolini, mayor of Spello (Umbria) since 1945 to 1960 for the Italian Communist Party. The study will be divided into three phases: 1) a recognition of the scientific literature on the subject; 2) an analysis of the data collected through archival research, including photographs and documents of the time highlighting the obstacles and conflicts she had to face; 3) we will finally expound the main elements of some interviews to privileged witnesses who came into contact with Elsa Damiani Prampolini or with people close to her.
Dal pavimento di pece al soffitto di cristallo. Ricostruzione di una carriera politica al femminile nell’Italia del dopoguerra, fra testimonianze orali e fonti d’archivio
Lucia Montesanti
2020-01-01
Abstract
Italian women made their debut in the political scene in 1946, obtaining the right to vote and be elected. So far research has focused on the political and social backgrounds of women elected to the Assemblea Costituente and then to Parliament. Our research, on the other hand, will focus on the 1946 elections in town halls, where women had for the first time the real chance to administer public a airs. We wonder how these women came to take on government responsibilities in still very traditionalist realities. To answer this question, we decided to analyze the archives of one of the first Italian women mayors, named Elsa Damiani Prampolini, mayor of Spello (Umbria) since 1945 to 1960 for the Italian Communist Party. The study will be divided into three phases: 1) a recognition of the scientific literature on the subject; 2) an analysis of the data collected through archival research, including photographs and documents of the time highlighting the obstacles and conflicts she had to face; 3) we will finally expound the main elements of some interviews to privileged witnesses who came into contact with Elsa Damiani Prampolini or with people close to her.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
