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The theme of women’s economic emancipation during the nineteenth—to early—twentieth centuries in Italy has been explored by feminist historians. Italian women suffered discrimination from men until early 1900s as married women were precluded from running, or managing shops, or firms without their husbands’ consent. The stability of the family and the harmony in society were the tenets upon which the social web was structured excluding female participation and contribution. Moreover, economically active women were viewed as a threat for undermining society’s steady foundations because people thought that female entrepreneurship paved the way for female financial liberation. |
