European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

All I knew is we had to go there. As I arrived, there were four or five of us.

After a few minutes the political commissioner reached us too.

He began to tell us what the situation was and how our partisan units in the mountains were coping.

He told us our work was very valuable and we should carry on with it.

He also added that women were putting themselves in a strong position for their rights to be accepted.

They were already talking about what would change after the Liberation, about the right to vote for women.

The commissioner explained to us that the right to vote was the most significant right women could have.

Throughout history it had not been acknowledged.

It was the first step towards women’s liberation.

That was the first time I heard somebody talk about these issues and about emancipation, such a great word.