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Italian poet and scholar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Alinda Bonacci Brunamonti (21 August 1841 – 3 February 1903)[1] was an Italian poet and scholar.[2] Her poetry dealt with contemporary issues, and she became the first woman in Italy to vote.
Bonacci Brunamonti published her first poetry aged 14.[3] Her motto was innovare serbando ("innovation through conservation").[4] Bonacci Brunamonti's poetry explored conflicts, such as the 1859 Perugia uprising, the Battle of Magenta and the Battle of Solferino.[2] As a devout Catholic, she dedicated some of her works to Pope Pius IX.[2] Her poetry used classical metre and verse structures.[4] Bonacci Brunamonti was forced to stop writing following a stroke in 1897.[5]
On 9 November 1860, she was permitted to vote in a plebiscite regarding the annexation of Marche and Umbria to Piedmont, due to her political poetry. She was the first woman in Italy to vote.[6][5]
Her father was Gratiliano Bonacci (1802–1871), a lawyer and professor of rhetoric.[7][6] Born Maria Alinda Bonacci,[6] she married Pietro Brunamonti in 1868.[2][5] Bonacci Brunamonti was born in and died in Perugia, and she lived there for much of her life,[2] also frequently visiting her father's birthplace of Recanati.[7] Bonacci Brunamonti taught at the Sapienza University of Rome.[2] She was a watercolor painter of flowers and plants.[2]
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