Eugenia Rasponi was an Italian noblewoman who became a suffragist and businessperson.
10 Facts About Eugenia Rasponi
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Eugenia Rasponi Murat was born on 18 September 1873 in Ravenna, in the Romagna region of the Kingdom of Italy to Princess Costanza Ghica and Gioacchino Rasponi Murat.
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Eugenia Rasponi was president of the Societa Operaia Femminile, which she helped found in 1880.
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Eugenia Rasponi died the following year, having impressed upon her daughter the importance of humanitarian service.
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In 1903, Eugenia Rasponi purchased the castle fortress, known locally as the Castello Malatestiano, of Santarcangelo di Romagna, where she managed a furniture manufacturing facility.
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Eugenia Rasponi became a prominent suffragist in Ravenna, and participated in the 1908 convention in Rome of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Donne Italiane led by her cousin, Gabriella Eugenia Rasponi Spalletti.
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Eugenia Rasponi continued her activism in striving for equal rights of individuals, living with a group of similarly minded friends at her various residences.
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Supporters of Krishnamurti wrote letters to the government expressing that Potetti and Eugenia Rasponi fully supported the government and that Krishnamurti was apolitical.
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Eugenia Rasponi died in 1958, having partnered with Poletti for 40 years.
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Eugenia Rasponi is widely credited with rescuing the hand-painted canvas craft in Romagna from extinction.