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I went back home. I knew I would find the same situation I had left behind.
I went back home. I knew I would find the same situation I had left behind.
Poi sono tornata a casa, ma sapevo che a casa avrei ritrovato quello che avevo lasciato. -
In the mountains I had become another person.
In the mountains I had become another person.
E tenendo conto che lassù mi ero formata un’altra personalità, -
I was respected and highly esteemed. Not only because of my stripes,
I was respected and highly esteemed. Not only because of my stripes,
e avevo... ero molto rispettata non solo perché mi avevano dato i gradi, ma quando c’erano delle operazioni -
but because of the way I took care of difficult operations.
but because of the way I took care of difficult operations.
delicate da fare mi mandavano, per i collegamenti ecc. cioè ero molto valutata -
I didn’t want to go back home constantly having to listen to what my father or my brother said.
I didn’t want to go back home constantly having to listen to what my father or my brother said.
e non avevo, non intendevo più accettare di andare a casa dove dovevo domandare che cosa dovevo fare, cioè per essere costantemente... subire l’osservazione “ma tuo fratello dice, ma tuo padre dice, ecc.”. -
As soon as I got home I told my father I didn’t want to work at home anymore.
As soon as I got home I told my father I didn’t want to work at home anymore.
Come sono venuta a casa ho detto con mio padre: “Io non voglio più lavorare in casa, -
I wanted to shape my own life, find a job and become self-sufficient.
I wanted to shape my own life, find a job and become self-sufficient.
ma voglio trovare una dimensione di vita mia, trovarmi un tipo di lavoro per quale essere indipendente e poter dare il meglio di me stessa, -
At home I felt repressed. My father agreed.
At home I felt repressed. My father agreed.
perché in casa sono soffocata”. E papà ha accettato. -
I started working, setting up women sections and the feminist movement.
I started working, setting up women sections and the feminist movement.
Allora ho cominciato a lavorare, costruire le cellule femminili, costruire il movimento femminile, -
I studied in a party school and was sent to take care of trade-unions.
I studied in a party school and was sent to take care of trade-unions.
e poi mi hanno chiesto di fare il lavoro... cioè di... ho fatto una scuola di partito -
I started to get involved in the movement for the protection of women’s rights.
I started to get involved in the movement for the protection of women’s rights.
poi mi han mandato a fare il lavoro sindacale e lì ho cominciato il lavoro di difesa dei diritti delle donne. -
I had decided I would work for all those who had died, to accomplish what they had hoped for.
I had decided I would work for all those who had died, to accomplish what they had hoped for.
In quel momento avevo determinato quella scelta, che avrei lavorato in sostituzione di quelli che erano morti e per realizzare le cose a cui aspiravano, -
Their dreams were also mine.
Their dreams were also mine.
che in definitiva erano anche le cose mie, capisci? -
We wanted a few simple things:
We wanted a few simple things:
Cioè l’aspirazione era molto semplice: -
a job, a chance to support our families properly, the right to send our children to school,
a job, a chance to support our families properly, the right to send our children to school,
avere il lavoro, potere far vivere meglio la famiglia, poter mandare a scuola i figli, -
to live in a democratic society, maintain our individual values and at the same time defend the rights of the community.
to live in a democratic society, maintain our individual values and at the same time defend the rights of the community.
vivere in una società dove ognuno avesse la possibilità di esprimere i propri pensieri, metterli a raffronto con gli altri... avere delle idee, ma nello stesso tempo difendere i diritti della collettività, non solo individuali ma anche i diritti della collettività. -
So as soon as I started working for the party, I set up women sections, even if I wasn’t particularly skilled.
So as soon as I started working for the party, I set up women sections, even if I wasn’t particularly skilled.
Ecco perché, come ho cominciato subito a lavorare come partito pur non avendo delle grandi capacità, -
Women were all coming from the same background I came from.
Women were all coming from the same background I came from.
ma costruiamo le cellule femminili perché le donne uscivano da quella realtà, non ero la sola, uscivano tutte da quella realtà -
We had to discuss together about our own issues, learn to vote, identify our problems and develop our demands.
We had to discuss together about our own issues, learn to vote, identify our problems and develop our demands.
e per discutere i problemi, imparare a votare, quali erano i problemi delle donne, quali erano le rivendicazioni delle donne, dovevamo discutere assieme. -
If we discussed with men, women would not speak out.
If we discussed with men, women would not speak out.
Per cui, per discutere assieme, se discutevamo con gli uomini, nessuna donna parlava;