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WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN ITALY FROM FASCISM TILL TODAY Women's rights suffered a setback under the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, with fascist ideology dictating procreation as a woman's duty .In 1927 the Jewish Women's Union Associzione delle Donne Ebree d'Italia (ADEI) was established and committed itself to feminism and anti-fascism. The ADEI was founded by Berta Cammeo Bernstein and Gabriella Falco Ravenna. A series of laws tried to force Italian women back to their roles of wives and mothers. Any political activity by women was harshly repressed. In 1930 antifascist activist Camilla Ravera was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The only woman to whom some political prominence was given during the early Fascist period was Margherita Sarfatti; she was Benito Mussolini's biographer in 1925 as well as one of his mistresses. The racial laws of 1938 inflicted another blow to women's empowerment in Italy, since a large percentage of the few Italian women ...
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