She wrote for anarchist and progressive magazines, such as Flavia Steno's La Chiosa,[2] Volontà (1960s),[3] Umanità Nova (1960s)[4] and Franco Leggio's Sicilia Libertaria (1980s).
There was a strong socialist element in the family as a whole, growing partly out of their experiences during the First World War, which coincided with Emilia's teenage years.
The socialism of father and daughter expressed itself both politically and academically, and put them in a dangerous position during the 1920s and 1930s, as the popularity of the right-wing fascist regime under Benito Mussolini grew, leading up to the Second World War.
[7] There is also an anti-religious, atheistic attitude in the writings of Giuseppe and Emilia, for example in the belief that children's education at school should be entirely secular, and that moral values can be taught without the need for a religious component.
Many of her books and articles were published by La Fiaccola [The Torch], founded in 1960 by the left-wing political activist Franco Leggio,[12] and based in Ragusa, Sicily.