Eugenia Rasponi
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Eugenia Rasponi (18 September 1873–1958) was an Italian noblewoman who became a suffragist and businessperson. Dedicated to social welfare projects, as her mother had been, she opened a furniture manufacturing business to preserve the local hand-crafted canvases made in Romagna. In 1918, she met openly-lesbian writer and suffragist, Lina Poletti. The two women would share their lives for the next 40 years, traveling throughout Europe and Asia and studying philosophy and theosophy.
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Born | Eugenia Rasponi Murat (1873-09-18)18 September 1873 |
Died | 1958 (aged 84–85) |
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation(s) | furniture manufacturer, suffragist |
Partner | Cordula Poletti |
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Relatives | Marițica Bibescu (maternal grandmother) Giulio Rasponi [it] (paternal grandfather) Gabriella Rasponi Spalletti (cousin) |
Family | Bonaparte family Ghica family Văcărescu family |
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