Antifascist women in Tunisia between the two World Wars

Abstract

This article aims at illustrating the keys stages of the anti-fascist militant movement carried by women in Tunisia. The work begins recreating briefly the history of the italian communities in Tunisia and the birth of the anti-fascist movement, underlining the importance of women's involvement. Little is known about those activists, whose traces could only been found in published biographies. Moreover, dossiers regarding seventeen italian women, actively involved in the anti-fascist conflict, could also be found consulting the Central Archives of the State. Combining information taken from the biographies and the dossiers, a bigger picture of the women's anti-fascist activism could finally be traced.