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Alice Hallgarten Franchetti: A Woman Beyond Barriers

In: A Female Activist Elite in Italy (1890–1920)

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  • Maria Luciana Buseghin

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In this chapter Maria Luciana Buseghin examines the activism of Alice Hallgarten Franchetti (New York 1874—Leysin 1911), a Jewish American woman of German provenance, already educated to philanthropy by her family of origin. She married the Baron Leopoldo Franchetti, from Tuscany. Like Antonio de Viti de Marco, he too was a politician, and they both defended the rural masses and struggled for the development of the agricultural sector of the country. In her beautiful Umbria region, in the centre of Italy, Alice founded in 1908 the Tela Umbra’s cloth company which produced canvases and laces: it was intended for the peasant women as an instrument of emancipation. The quality of life, the original conception of work and of its organisation were of primary importance for her: for instance, a kindergarten was attached to the laboratory, and flexible hours were introduced. In 1909 she also started a vocational school for women, where home economics, the care of infants, elementary sociology and pedagogy were taught. The author also describes the Rural Schools founded by the Franchettis, with their innovative experimental courses.

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  • Maria Luciana Buseghin, 2022. "Alice Hallgarten Franchetti: A Woman Beyond Barriers," Springer Books, in: Elena Laurenzi & Manuela Mosca (ed.), A Female Activist Elite in Italy (1890–1920), chapter 0, pages 59-92, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-87159-8_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87159-8_3
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