Teresa Meroni

Teresa Meroni (5 June 1885 – 17 October 1951), also called as Teresina, was an Italian worker, trade unionist, and socialist.

[3] In 1905, she joined the Socialist Party, which was founded in Genoa in 1892, to protect workers' rights.

[4] She married Giovan Battista Tettamanti, a noted trade union leader and communist activist.

[5] Tettamanti, who was leading the Vaianese Wool League, left it following Italy's entry into the war.

[2] She is known for leading a march of 1500 women employed in the factories of Val di Bisenzio.

Portrait of Teresa Meroni in the late 1920s