For ten years she directed the weekly La Tribuna, the press organ of the Italian Liberal Party.
It was not until she read Ainsi soit-elle by the feminist author Benoîte Groult that she became aware of the subjugation of women outside her privileged circle.
[2] She is a patron of the International Network of Liberal Women[3] and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Public Service Users (Assoutenti); Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI); Atlantic Committee (ATA); and the Italian Association of Women for Development (AIDOS).
[5] The following year she was named an officer of the Legion of Honour by French president Jacques Chirac for her dedication to the European cause.
[6] In 2005 she was named a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.