Rossana Rossanda (23 April 1924 – 20 September 2020) was an Italian communist politician, journalist, and feminist.

Following the end of World War II, she joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI).

In 1968, Rossanda published a small essay entitled L'anno degli studenti ("The Year of the Students"), in which she declared her support for the youth movement.

Rossanda was part of a minority inside the PCI that was against the Soviet Union, and together with Luigi Pintor, Valentino Parlato, and Lucio Magri founded the party and newspaper il manifesto.

[3] This caused her expulsion from the PCI after its XII National Congress held in Bologna.