During the World War II together with her sisters she joined the Italian Communist Party and after the war became a party official and served as a Councillor of the Municipality of Pescara.[1][3] She debuted as a journalist in 1956, working as a reporter for the magazine Vie Nuove.[1][2] After working for L'Unità she was chief editor of the feminist magazine Noi donne between 1964 and 1969.[1] She was a co-founder of the newspaper La Repubblica, with which she collaborated until her death.[1] She was also active as an essayist, whose favorite themes were the role of women in the society and the history of Communism.[1][3] In 2004 she briefly returned to the politics, being elected to the Chamber of Deputies with Democratic Alliance.[1]
