Lidia Menapace, Who Fought Fascists and Sexists, Dies at 96
She was a partisan in northern Italy during World War II and denounced efforts to discount the role of women in the Resistance. She had been hospitalized with Covid-19.
Lidia Menapace turned to feminism and pacifism after serving partisan duty during the war. She was elected a senator at 82.Credit.via Brisca family
Published Dec. 14, 2020Updated Dec. 18, 2020
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She hid explosives under her clothes. She delivered maps and antifascist propaganda slipped between the pages of works by Cicero. She brought medicine by bicycle to wounded partisans hiding in the mountains.
Lidia Menapace, who fought fascists and sexists, dies at 96
By Emma Bubola New York Times,Updated December 17, 2020, 1:42 p.m.
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Ms. Menapace was a partisan in northern Italy during World War II and denounced efforts to discount the role of women in the Resistance.VIA BRISCA FAMILY/NYT
She hid explosives under her clothes. She delivered maps and anti-fascist propaganda slipped between the pages of works by Cicero. She took medicine by bicycle to wounded partisans hiding in the mountains.
Lidia Menapace, as she recounted in a memoir and interviews, often risked her life as a member of Italyâs clandestine resistance fighting the Nazis and Italian Fascist forces in World War II. And like many female partisans, her contributions were discounted by male members.