The presentation of a book and a conference with scholars from Siena, Bologna, Madrid and beyond are scheduled
“A complex, twisted, non-linear and not even progressive path in which we are not only interested in knowing what happened, but also what were the feelings and expectations of the protagonists”. Women's emancipation and the recognition of women's right to vote are described in these terms by Patrizia Gabrielli, professor at the University of Siena and curator of a double event on the theme organized by the University of the Republic of San Marino, scheduled for Thursday 13 and Friday 14 March at the Ex Tribunale, in the historic center of the Titano, in via Salita alla Rocca 44.
“Rights, even when present, are not forever. There can also be steps backwards,” the academic recalls in view of the events curated by the Sammarinese Center for Historical Studies. “We will talk about challenges carried forward by figures convinced that they were a progress for democracy. Precisely for this reason, today it is a topic on which awareness is needed. Especially among young people, who often show interest.”
From this need, therefore, the idea of inviting a series of experts to San Marino to talk about the times and methods that have characterized the paths towards the right to vote for women in contexts of different sizes: from the small, represented by the Titan, to the vast, Europe.
On the afternoon of Thursday, March 13, at 15:XNUMX p.m., the presentation of the book “Donne protagoniste nelle istituzioni della repubblica” (Women protagonists in the institutions of the republic), published by Viella Libreria Editrice and edited by Gabrielli himself, is scheduled. “It will be an opportunity to understand how some policies have established themselves in the Italian institutional scene, to the point of becoming, for example, president of the Senate or minister”.
From 9 am the following day, then, a series of reports that will involve personalities from the Universities of Bologna, Padua, Siena and San Marino, as well as from the University of Tuscia and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. “We will examine the Italian case, where the right to vote arrived in 1945, and we will focus on San Marino, where women expressed themselves for the first time in the elections of '64. The perspective will then broaden with interventions on Spain and Germany, assuming a European dimension. We have chosen to dedicate an in-depth study to the representation, in public spaces and in dissemination activities, of women who have held political roles or in any case central roles in women's emancipation. Finally, space for an analysis on cinema, to understand how the stories and people who fall within this framework have been proposed on the big screen”.
The initiative, entitled “Women and universal suffrage: a European perspective”, will involve academics such as Giuliana Laschi, Valentina Rossi, Monica Fioravanzo, Laura Branciforte, Giulia Cioci, Agnese Bertolotti, Stefano Pivato and Luca Gorgolini. It will be held under the patronage of the Secretariat of State for Internal Affairs and the Secretariat of State for Education and Culture. Free admission.