Festa della Repubblica: perché senza le donne avrebbe vinto la Monarchia

Eighty years ago, on June 2, 1946, Italian women voted for the first time. It wasn't a vote of convenience: it was a decades-long victory, costing persecution, imprisonment, and bloodshed. In this episode of Left Talk, Marina Parrulli and director Simona Maggiorelli talk with Vittoria Tola, national coordinator of the UDI (Union of Women in Italy), and Sonia Marzetti, historian and vice president of FIAP (Italian Federation of Partisan Associations), to tell the true story of that democratic victory. Women's suffrage also means resistance. Nearly a million more women than men voted for the Republic in 1946: without them, the Monarchy would have prevailed. Founding Mothers like Nilde Iotti, Teresa Noce, and Lina Merlin wrote the Constitution, but the journey began long before: from the suffragists of the 19th century to Anna Kuliscioff, from the women against the First World War to the strikes of 1943-1944 in the Mirafiori, Breda, and Alfa Romeo factories. Resistance and anti-fascism are at the heart of this episode. Ada Gobetti, Carla Capponi, Marisa Rodano, and Lidia Menapace: figures who fought in the Women's Defense Groups, as couriers, Gappists, and freedom volunteers. The fascist regime had driven women back home with the motto "God, country, family," erasing the gains of the First World War. The Liberation was also their revolution. Women's rights today: between setbacks and new challenges. From the disempowered equality advisors to the debate on consensus, from women's working conditions to the role of the right in government, the guests reflect on what remains of that achievement and what remains to be defended. An essential episode for those who want to understand where we came from and where we can still go. 📚 BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS CITED "From the vote denied to women to the vote won by women" edited by Rita De Petra, with contributions by Vittoria Tola and Gabriella Milea (Left) "Bitter Sex" by Vittoria Tola (UDI/Left) Volume on Lidia Menapace edited by Rita De Petra (Left) "Fascism and Neo-Fascism" by Andrea Maestri and Carlo Boldrini (Left) "The Crime of Crimes. From the 1948 UN Convention to the Gaza Strip" by Massimo Lenzi (Left) Civil speech by Daniele Biacchessi on the sites of the partisans 🎙️ Hosts: Marina Parrulli and Simona Maggiorelli 🎬 Left Talk is the podcast of Left – A New Thought on the Left. Every Thursday on YouTube and Spotify. 📰 Left is on newsstands with "SOS umanità" + the "Trasformazione" column featuring Massimo Fagioli's articles from 2010. 🔗 Subscribe and read Left: https://left.it/ 🔔 Subscribe to the channel and activate the bell to never miss the next episodes. 📌 CHAPTER INDEX 00:00 Introduction: 80 Years Since Women's Vote 03:33 From Denied Vote to Won Vote: The Long History 06:36 World War I: Women Against the War 10:00 Women's Associations and the 1919 Law Stopped by Fascism 13:11 The Fascist Regime: Women Driven Home, God, Country, Family 15:36 Grazia Deledda and the Provocation of the Vote 19:38 The Resistance: Women Enter the Field 22:00 Ada Gobetti and the Women's Defense Groups 27:31 Anna Kuliscioff and the Man's Monopoly 33:04 Strikes of 1943-44: Women Blockade the Factories 37:14 Winning the Vote and the Post-War Betrayal 40:03 The First April 25th and the Republic Won by Women 44:54 The 21 Mothers Constituent Assembly and the Constitution 49:11 The Complexity of the Constituent Assembly: Catholics and Seculars Together 52:36 Today's Setbacks: Meloni Government and Women's Rights 56:02 Equality Advisor and Debate on Consensus 59:48 Personal Stories: Grandmothers, Monarchy, and Shared Memory #LeftTalk #VotoAlleWomen #2Giugno #FestaDellaRepubblica #MadriCostituenti #Resistenza #UDI #FIAP #Antifascismo #DirittiDelleWomen