Teresa Mattei
Teresa Mattei | |
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 Teresa Mattei in 1946 | |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 | |
| Constituency | Florence |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1921 Genoa, Italy |
| Died | 12 March 2013 (aged 92) Casciana Terme Lari, Italy |
| Political party | Italian Communist Party |
| Alma mater | University of Florence |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Teresa Mattei, also known as Teresita (1 February 1921 – 12 March 2013) was an Italian partisan and politician.
Background
Born in
nom de guerre of Partigiana Chicchi.[1][4] She took part in the murder of philosopher and Fascist minister Giovanni Gentile.[5][6]
After the war, Mattei was a candidate for the
She married Bruno Sanguinetti, with whom she had a son, writer Gianfranco Sanguinetti.
Expulsion
In 1957 Mattei was expelled from the
lilies of the valley, were too scarce and expensive to be used in poor, rural Italian areas, so she proposed the mimosa as an alternative.[4][8][7]
She died in Lari, Tuscany, aged 92,[7] the last living female member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Redazione Il Fatto Quotidiano (12 March 2013). "Addio a Teresa Mattei, era l'ultima donna rimasta tra le elette alla Costituente". Il Fatto (in Italian). Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ISBN 886036440X.
- ^ Magi, Lucía (26 March 2013). "Teresa Mattei, símbolo de la resistencia al fascismo". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ ISBN 8865160411.
- ISBN 8871668944.
- ^ Carioti, Antonio (6 August 2004). "«Sanguinetti venne a dirmi che Gentile doveva morire»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ The Florentine. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ISBN 8889033312.
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