Tina Anselmi
Italian politician (1927–2016)
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- Tina Anselmi (25 March 1927 – 1 November 2016) was an Italian politician.
- Early life Anselmi was born in Castelfranco Veneto, in the province of Treviso.
- On 26 September 1944, Nazi soldiers forced her and a group of other students to witness the hanging of a group of 31 young Partisans.
- That year, she also joined the Christian Democracy party.
- After the war, she studied literature at the Catholic University of Milan and became a primary school teacher.
Tina Anselmi (25 March 1927 – 1 November 2016) was an Italian politician. A member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II, she went on to become the first woman to hold a ministerial position in an Italian government.
Early life
Anselmi was born in Castelfranco Veneto, in the province of Treviso. Her father was an assistant pharmacist persecuted by the fascists because he was socialist, and her mother and grandmother ran an inn together.
On 26 September 1944, Nazi soldiers forced her and a group of other students to witness the hanging of a group of 31 young Partisans. As a result, she joined the resistance movement and became part of the Cesare Battisti brigade. That year, she also joined the Christian Democracy party.
During World War II, Anselmi attended the local high school and then the teaching institute in Bassano del Grappa. After the war, she studied literature at the Catholic University of Milan and became a primary school teacher.
Political career
While working as a teacher, Anselmi held positions in Christian trade unions, including the primary teachers' union from 1948 to 1955. In 1959, she joined the national council of Christian Democracy, and she was the party's deputy leader from 1968 to 1992. In 1963, she was elected vice-president of the Female Board of the European Union. From 1958 to 1964, she was head of the Christian Democracy party's youth programmes.
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