Nina Rignano Explained

Nina Rignano
Birth Name:Constanza Sullam
Birth Date:4 July 1871
Birth Place:Milan
Death Place:Varese
Known For:in the early Italian Women’s Movement
Occupation:philanthropist
Spouse:Eugenio Rignano
Nationality:Italian

Constanza "Nina" Rignano (; 1871 – 1945) was an Italian philanthropist active from the 1830s until 1930s.[1]

Biography

Rignano was born Constanza Sullam to wealthy Jewish parents in Milan, Italy and she received what was described as a modern education. She married Eugenio Rignano,[2] a philosopher from Livorno who was also Jewish, in 1897.

Career

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

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

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. D'Ancona . Luisa Levi . Jewish women in non-Jewish philanthropy in Italy (1870-1938) . Nashim; A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues . Fall 2010 . 20 . 3 January 2023.
  2. Book: Nattermann . Ruth . Jewish Women in the Early Italian Women's Movement, 1861–1945: Biographies, Discourses, and Transnational Networks . 30 June 2022 . 9783030977894 .
  3. Book: Miniati, Monica . Italian Jewish Women in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries . 2021 . Springer Nature . 978-3-030-74053-5 . en.
  4. Web site: Nina Rignano Sullam e le leggi razziali. Scheda sul sito Le parole e le cose . 2023-01-09 . it-IT.