Gisella Floreanini
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Gisella Floreanini | |
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| Member of the Parliament | |
| In office 1948–1958 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1906 |
| Died | 30 May 1993 (aged 87) Milan, Italy |
| Party | Italian Communist Party |
| Spouse | Gianni Todaro |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Politician |
Gisella Floreanini (3 April 1906 – 30 May 1993) was an Italian teacher and politician who was an anti-fascist activist and was a member of the Italian Parliament between 1948 and 1958.
Anti-fascist activities and exile
Following the murder of Giacomo Matteotti in June 1924 Floreanini exiled into Lugano, Switzerland, where she collaborated with other anti-fascist figures.[1] She briefly returned to Italy in 1929, but left the country again for Lugano.[1] In 1942 she joined the Italian Communist Party.[1] In late 1943 she settled in Italy where she continued her struggle against the Fascists.[1] She was arrested by the Swiss police while carrying the documents for anti-fascists groups.[1] She was imprisoned for four months.[2] Following her release from prison she joined the partisans in Val d'Ossola and held a cabinet post in the Partisan Republic of Ossola between September and October 1944.[1] She was responsible for the women defense groups.[1]
Floreanini was among the contributors of the communist magazine Rinascita which was started in 1944.[3]
Political career
Floreanini was named a member of the National Council in 1946.[4] She was elected to the Parliament for the constituency of Novara-Turin-Vercelli for the Communist Party in the general elections in 1948 and in 1953.[4] She did not run for a seat in the 1958 election.[4] She was a member of the Federation of the Italian Communist Party in Novara and a municipal councilor both in Novara and in Domodossola.[4] From 1963 to 1968 she was also a city councilor in Milan.[4]
Between 1959 and 1963 Floreanini was a member of the secretariat of the International Women Federation in Berlin and in 1965 she became director of the Union of Italian Women and National Association of Italian Partisans.[2]
