# Teresa Meroni

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**Teresa Meroni** (5 June 1885 – 17 October 1951), also called as **Teresina**, was an Italian worker, [trade unionist](/source/Trade_union), and [socialist](/source/Socialism).[1] She led one of Italy's labour movements and defended workers' rights.[2]

## Biography

Born as Teresa Milano Meroni on 5 June 1885 in [Milan](/source/Milan), Italy, Teresa Meroni came from a family of modest means, which prevented her from having access to a good education.[3] In 1905, she joined the [Socialist Party](/source/Italian_Socialist_Party), which was founded in [Genoa](/source/Genoa) in 1892, to protect workers' rights. She was active in mobilizing women workers to join the Socialist Party.[4]

She married Giovan Battista Tettamanti, a noted trade union leader and communist activist. They later moved to Val di Bisenzio, exactly at [Vaiano](/source/Vaiano).[5] Tettamanti, who was leading the *Vaianese Wool League*, left it following Italy's entry into the war. Meroni later took the leadership of the *Vaianese Wool League*.[2] She is known for leading a march of 1500 women employed in the factories of Val di Bisenzio.

In 1932, she was arrested “for communist activity… and deported to an island confinement colony”.[6][7]

She died on 17 October 1951 in [Como](/source/Como).

## References

1. Perretta, Giusto (1998). [*L'antifascismo nel Comasco: 1919-1943*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cq2zAAAAIAAJ). Como: Istituto comasco per la storia del movimento di liberazione. p. 194. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

1. Affortunati, Alessandro (2000). [*Vaiano e la sua casa del popolo: il movimento operaio nella Valle del Bisenzio*](https://books.google.com/books?id=kpqyAAAAIAAJ). Prato, Italy: Pentalinea. p. 33. ISBN 978-8-886-85512-9. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

1. Gabrielli, Patrizia (1999). [*Fenicotteri in volo: donne comuniste nel ventennio fascista*](https://books.google.com/books?id=rWjlAAAAMAAJ). Rome: Carocci. p. 123. ISBN 978-8-843-01245-9. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

1. Noce, Tiziana (2004). [*Nella città degli uomini: donne e pratica della politica a Livorno fra guerra e ricostruzione*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUBI7kK-NMwC). Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino Editore. p. 97. ISBN 978-8-849-80843-8. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

1. Coltro, Gabriele (2018). [*Il tesoro del Duce. La storia dei valori sequestrati a Dongo alla colonna Mussolini e finiti al Partito Comunista*](https://books.google.com/books?id=fyRYDwAAQBAJ). Florence, Italy: goWare. p. NA. ISBN 978-8-867-97994-3. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

1. Ebner, Michael R. (2011). [*Ordinary Violence in Mussolini's Italy*](https://books.google.com/books?id=kArWAqMNjmQC). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-521-76213-7. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

1. Gabrielli, Patrizia (2000). [*Mondi di carta: lettere, autobiografie, memorie*](https://books.google.com/books?id=AG-gAAAAMAAJ). Toronto: Protagon. p. 120. ISBN 978-8-880-24058-7. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

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