Milan, 25 Sept. (LaPresse) – Intesa Sanpaolo and iO Donna, the women’s weekly published by Corriere della Sera, are presenting the exhibition ‘Libere! 1946–2026: Women’s Achievements’, conceived and curated by Renata Ferri, from 26 September 2026 to 7 February 2027 at Gallerie d’Italia in Milan. The exhibition project, promoted by iO Donna in collaboration with Gallerie d’Italia – Milan to mark the 30th anniversary of the RCS MediaGroup publication, traces, through photography, eighty years of the history of the Italian Republic from a women’s perspective, recounting the long journey towards full citizenship, emancipation and the affirmation of rights. The journey begins on 2 June 1946, when nearly thirteen million Italian women took part in a national political vote for the first time. That achievement was followed by the work of the twenty-one ‘Madri Costituenti’ (Constituent Mothers), who helped enshrine the principle of equality between women and men in the Constitution. It seemed the beginning of a new era of rights. In reality, most of the freedoms that today seem to be a given still had to be won. It is from this realisation that LIBERE! was born – an exhibition that tells the story of how, over the following eighty years, women profoundly transformed Italian society through civil struggles, legislative reforms and cultural changes.
Intesa Sp: ‘Libere! 1946–2026’ exhibition on women’s achievements at Gallerie Italia in Milan
Milan, 25 Sept. (LaPresse) – Intesa Sanpaolo and iO Donna, the women’s weekly published by Corriere della Sera, are presenting the exhibition ‘Libere! 1946–2026: Women’s Achievements’, conceived and curated by Renata Ferri, from 26 September 2026 to 7 February 2027 at Gallerie d’Italia in Milan. The exhibition project, promoted by iO Donna in collaboration with Gallerie d’Italia – Milan to mark the 30th anniversary of the RCS MediaGroup publication, traces, through photography, eighty years of the history of the Italian Republic from a women’s perspective, recounting the long journey towards full citizenship, emancipation and the affirmation of rights. The journey begins on 2 June 1946, when nearly thirteen million Italian women took part in a national political vote for the first time. That achievement was followed by the work of the twenty-one ‘Madri Costituenti’ (Constituent Mothers), who helped enshrine the principle of equality between women and men in the Constitution. It seemed the beginning of a new era of rights. In reality, most of the freedoms that today seem to be a given still had to be won. It is from this realisation that LIBERE! was born – an exhibition that tells the story of how, over the following eighty years, women profoundly transformed Italian society through civil struggles, legislative reforms and cultural changes.