Nina Rignano

Milanese Jews contributed large sums to women's education and vocational training but her interests had a more political tone, helping found the Unione femminile [it] in 1899.^[1][3]

With her husband, Rignano contributed to the Societa Umanitaria and Universita Popolare. Alone she worked for women's education.^[1]

In 1901, Rignano wrote the bylaws for the Committee Against White Slavery.

She was discriminated against because she was Jewish. She was forced to resign from directorships and in May 1944 all of her assets were taken by law. She died in 1945.^[4]

• Salerno S. Il contributo femminile alla medicina del lavoro di fine ottocento [The women's contribution to occupational health at the end of the nineteenth century]. G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2011 Jul-Sep;33(3 Suppl):460-4. Italian. PMID 23393899.