Category:Women, Jews Italy (subject)

Italian Jewish Women (see Italian Jewish Studies)

The page (edited by Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan) presents:

• (1) A list of Italian Jewish women (in chronological order)

• (2) A bibliography of studies (in chronological order) on Italian Jewish Women

See also: Memoirs & Fiction

Some noticeable figures

Born 16th cent.

• Sara Copio Sullam (Venice, 1589 - Venice, 1641), poet, writer

Born 1810s

• Sara Levi Nathan (Pesaro, 1819 - London, England, 1882), patriot, politician

Born 1830s

• Erminia Fuà Fusinato (Rovigo, 1834 - Rome, 1876), poet, educator, patriot

Born 1840s

• Elena Raffalovich Comparetti (Odessa [Ukraine], 1842 - Florence, 1918), educator

• Ernestina Paper (Odessa [Ukraine], 1846 - Florence, 1926), physician

Born 1850s

• Clara Archivolti Cavalieri (Livorno, 1852 – Rome 1945), educator, philanthropist

• Anna Kuliscioff (Sinferopoli [Crimea], 1855 - Milan, 1925), physician, politician

• Virginia Olper Monis (Venice, 1856 - Venice, 1919), writer

• Carolina Nunes Vais (Livorno, 1856 – Tripoli, 1932), educator

• Margarete Traube (Berlin [Germany], 1856 - Anzio, 1912), chemist

Born 1860s

• Annie Vivanti (London [England], 1866 - Turin, 1942), poet, writer

• Emma Boghen Conigliani (Venice, 1866 - Rome, 1956), writer, educator

• Emilia Errera (Trieste, 1866 – Milano, 1901), writer

• Aurelia Josz (Firenze, 1869 – Auschwitz, 1944), educator

Born 1870s

• Olga Blumenthal (Venice, 1873 – Ravensbrück [Germany], 1945), University professor of German Literature, Holocaust victim

• Alice Hallgarten Franchetti (New York [USA], 1874 - Leysin [Switzerland], 1911), educator

• Laura Cantoni Orvieto (Milano, 1876 – Firenze, 1953), writer

• Anna Foà] (Rome, 1876 - 1944), entomologist, University professor

• Anna Fraentzel Celli (Berlin, Germany, 1878 - Rome, 1958), nurse, educator

• Angelica Balabanoff (Chernihiv [Ukraine], 1878 - Rome, 1965), political activist

Born 1880s

• Margherita Grassini Sarfatti (Venice, 1880 – Cavallasca, 1961), Art historian

• Anita Raffaella Cavalieri (Ferrara, 1884 – Roma, 1969), writer, poet

Born 1890s

• Libera Trevisani Levi-Civita (Verona, 1890 – Roma, 1973), mathematician

• Alda Levi (Bologna, 1890 - Rome, 1950), archaeologist

• Enrica Calabresi (Ferrara, 1891 - Firenze, 1944), zoologist, University professor, Holocaust victim

• Sofia Schafranov (Sara Abranovna Kaufmann; Jalta [Crimea], 1891 – Roma, 1994)

• Antonietta Raphaël (Kaunas [Lithuania], 1895 – Roma, 1975), artist

Born 1900s

• Gabriella Bemporad (Firenze, 1904 – Firenze, 1999), translator

• Lia Corinaldi (Torino, 1904 – Torino, 1989), educator, political activist

• Graziella "Lalla" Romano (Demonte, 1906 – Milan, 2001), writer, poet, journalist

• Pierina Scaramella (Parma, 1906 – Urbania, 1992), botanist, University professor

• Laura Capon Fermi (Roma, 1907 – Chicago, 1977), writer

• Anna Maria Enriques Agnoletti (Bologna, 1907 – Sesto Fiorentino, 1944), partisan

• Paola Consolo (Venezia, 1908 – Milano, 1933), artist, painter

• Rita Levi-Montalcini (Turin, 1909 - Rome, 2012), scientist, Nobel laureate

Born 1910s

• Eugenia Sacerdote de Lustig (Torino, 1910 – Buenos Aires [Argentina], 2011), physician, scientist

• Elsa Morante (Rome, 1912 - Rome, 1985), writer, poet

• Emma Castelnuovo (Roma, 1913 – Roma, 2014), mathematician

• Lea Sestieri (1913 - 2018), scholar of "postbiblical" Judaism, Lateran University professor, pioneer of the Jewish-Christian dialogue

• Liana Millu (Pisa, 1914 - Genova, 2005), Holocaust survivor, writer

• Giuliana Fiorentino Tedeschi (Milano, 1914 – Torino, 2010), Holocaust survivor, writer

• Natalia Ginzburg (Palermo, 1916 - Rome, 1991), writer, member of the House of Representatives

• Alba Valech Capozzi (Milano, 1916 – Genova, 1999), Holocaust survivor, writer

• Elisa Springer (Vienna [Austria], 1918 – Matera 2004), Holocaust survivor, writer

• Mirella Levi D'Ancona (Florence, 1919 - Florence, 2014), Art historian, University professor

• Clara Kraus Reggiani (Fiume, 1919 - Rome, 2015), scholar of Hellenistic Judaism, University of Rome professor

• Tullia Zevi (Milan, 1919 - Rome, 2011), journalist, writer, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (1983-98)

Born 1920s

• [Carla Bizzarri] (Carla Ottolenghi; Roma, 1920 – Roma, 2016), actor

• Rita Rosani (Trieste, 1920 – Monte Comun, 1944), partisan

• Angela Bianchini (Roma, 1921 – Roma, 2018), writer

• Giuliana Cavaglieri Tesoro (Venice, 1921 - Debbs Ferry [USA], 2002), chemist, University professor

• Settimia Spizzichino (Roma, 1921 – Roma, 2000), Holocuast survivor, writer.

• Wanda Lattes (Florence, 1922 – Florence, 2018), journalist, writer

• Piera Sonnino (Portici, 1922 – Genova, 1999), Holocuat survivor, writer

• Agata "Goti" Herskovits Bauer (Berehove, 1924), Holocaust survivor, writer

• Lore Terracini (Torino, 1925 – Torino, 1995), Scholar of Hispanic Studies, University professor

• Marta Ascoli (Trieste, 1926 – Trieste, 2014), Holocaust survivor, writer

• Miriam Mafai (Florence, 1926 – Rome, 2012), journalist, politician, member of the House of Reresentatives

• Giovanna Bemporad (Ferrara, 1928 – Rome, 2013), poet, translator

• Hanna Kugler Weiss (Fiume, 1928), Holocaust survivor, writer

• Simona Mafai (Roma, 1928 – Palermo, 2019), politician, member of the Senate

Born 1930s

• Giulia Mafai (Roma, 1930 – Roma, 2021), costume designer

• Luisella Mortara Ottolenghi (1930-2017), University professor

• Amelia Rosselli (Paris [France], 1930 – Roma, 1996), etno-musicologist, poet

• Liliana Segre (Milan, 1930), Holocaust survivor, writer, member of the Senate

• Costanza Segre Montel (Torino, 1938 – Torino, 2016), Art historian, University professor.

• Gaia Servadio (Padova, 1938 – Roma, 2021), writer, journalist

Born 1940s

• Clara Sereni (Roma, 1946 – Zurigo, 2018), writer, journalist, translator