After World War II, she studied literature at the Catholic University of Milan and became a primary school teacher.

[4] Anselmi is best known for having been the main proposer of Italian laws on equal opportunities, a matter she always fought for in her political life.

[6] In the same year, a major piece of legislation was passed on gender parity in employment conditions, of which Anselmi was a key supporter.

Anselmi wrote the commission's final majority report that was approved in 1984, and all activity of the lodge ceased the following year.

[9] Later in her life, she began to write about her experiences in the Resistance; in 2003, she wrote Zia, cos'è la Resistenza?

[10][11] In 2004, she wrote a second book for young people, titled Bella ciao: la resistenza raccontata ai ragazzi (Hey beautiful: the Resistance explained to children).