Traces the history of prostitution during the period, when all prostitutes were required to register with the police, live in licensed brothels, undergo health

The most effective way to deal with prostitution has always been hotly debated by governments and women s movements alike. Feminists want it abolished or regula

"This book examines how a group of transnational British-Italian women affiliated with the exiled patriots of the Italian Left repurposed traditionally feminine

This lively collection of essays presents a range of innovative research on the history of the private sphere in Liberal and Fascist Italy, with a particular fo

As Italy emerged from World War II, the first women entered the national government. The 45 women who became parliamentarians when Italian women were first enti