Franciosi, Giannina (1871-)

Title

Giannina Franciosi

Full Name

Franciosi, Giannina (1871-)

Lifespan

1871

Place of origin

Modena

Country of origin

Italy

Language

Italian

French

English

Occupation

Novelist

Public Lecturer

Campaigner for women's rights

Member of learned society

Lyceum society in Rome

Scholar

Historian

Short biography

Daugther of Giovanni Franciosi, Dante scholar. Friend of Maria Gallenga. 'Franciosi was some ten years older than Maria. Maria invited her to give some lecturers on the Divine Comedy at her Boutique Italianne in Paris. But Giannina had also been an active organizer of the Lyceum society in Rome, promoting women's emancipation. Before her lectures on "Dante and Love" organised by Maria at her Boutique Italienne, Giannina visited Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) in Boston in 1909 months before the latter's death'.

Rosanna Masiola and Sabrina Cittadini, The Golden Dawn of Italian Fashion, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.

Selected List of Publications

(1899). Pensando a voi... Roma Forzani e c..

(1900). L'ispirazione dell'amore in Dante : conferenza tenuta nelle sale di palazzo Colonna, il 6 marzo 1900. Roma Forzani e c..

L'ispirazione dell'amore in Dante : conferenza tenuta nelle sale del Palazzo Colonna il 6 marzo 1900

(1901). Gentile istoria narra cosi ... : per le nozze di Donna Vittoria Colonna con Don Leone Caetani principe di Teano. Roma Forzani e c..

(1935). Talvolta nella vita : romanzo. Torino Soc. Edit. Internazionale.

(1919) La donna e il suo nuovo cammino. Roma. Consiglio Nazionale Donne Italiane.