Franca Iacovetta | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Franca Iacovetta

Franca Iacovetta is professor emerita of history at the University of Toronto and part of the Rise Up Feminist Digital Archive collective. She has written on Canadian and transnational women’s history, immigrant labour activism and anti-fascism, women’s pluralism, the Cold War, and most recently, Emma Goldman. A specialist of Italian women as well, she is struck by the continuing interest in Angelina Napolitano, particularly among artists.

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