Volere Votare (2016)
30m
Running Time
June 2, 2016Release Date
Volere Votare (2016)
30m
Running Time
June 2, 2016Release Date
Plot.
Through the testimonies of some Italian women, the documentary evokes the day of 2 June 1946, when they were called upon to cast their vote for the first time. The battles conducted by Italian women in the years leading up to 1946 to demand recognition of the right to vote. The approval of the right to vote for women by the Italian Parliament on 1 February 1945, at the proposal of the Italian Communist Party Secretary Palmiro Togliatti and statesman and founder of the Christian Democratic Party De Gasperi. The role of the first 21 women elected to the Constituent Assembly on 2 June 1946, and their contribution to the writing of the Italian Constitution.
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This Movie Is About.
war against fascism
social democracy
partisan
italian occupation
constitution
women's voting rights