<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>Zonca, Elisabetta</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2018-09-01</dc:date>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns0="xml" ns0:lang="en">In the second half of 19th century, newborn Italy was invaded by innovative ideas  supported by democratic, liberal, and socialist intellectuals who wanted to renew social  life, economy, and moral values by spreading their ideas both in politics and in everyday  life. Right-wing reaction used the same methods of communication and persuasion: the  publication of journals and books and their promotion in reading cabinets and public  libraries. Maria and Antonia Ponti, two upper-middle-class sisters who married into  aristocracy, used their influence and resources to advance the status of women in  society. They founded associations and libraries (in Ravenna, Imola, and Bergamo) with  the theoretical support of a network of Italian intellectuals, including Corrado Ricci,  Vilfredo Pareto, and Maffeo Pantaleoni. The philanthropic actions of the sisters, who  combined their Catholic and conservative point of view with the improvement of the  condition of women, have handed down a remarkable legacy in the form of books and a  collection of laces.</dc:description>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns1="xml" ns1:lang="it">Dopo l’unificazione politica dell’Italia si attesta la diffusione di idee innovative, sostenute  da liberali, democratici e socialisti, che miravano a rinnovare la società, l’economia e la  morale nella sua componente politica come nella vita quotidiana. In reazione a questa  propaganda i conservatori utilizzarono gli stessi strumenti di comunicazione e  persuasione: la pubblicazione di giornali e libri a cui seguiva la loro diffusione grazie anche  ai gabinetti di lettura e alle biblioteche popolari. Maria e Antonia Ponti, due esponenti  dell’alta borghesia, entrambe sposate con degli aristocratici, usarono la loro influenza e le  loro risorse per migliorare il ruolo delle donne. Fondarono associazioni e biblioteche  (queste ultime a Ravenna, Bergamo e Imola) con il supporto di una rete di intellettuali tra  cui spiccano Corrado Ricci, Vilfredo Pareto e Maffeo Pantaleoni. L’attività filantropica delle  sorelle Ponti, che combinava le loro radici cattoliche e conservatrici con la volontà di  cambiare la condizione femminile, ha lasciato una traccia e un’eredità che prendono forma  nella collezione di merletti e libri.</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>https://localhost:5000/ark:/12658/srd1318953</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://susi.usi.ch/global/documents/318953</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://susi.usi.ch/documents/318953/files/Zonca-Collections-AUseful-openaccess.pdf</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1177/155019061801400307</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/ark/12658/srd1318953</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
  <dc:rights>License undefined</dc:rights>
  <dc:source>Collections : A journal for museum and archives professionals. - 2018, vol. 14, no. 3, p. 299–314</dc:source>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns2="xml" ns2:lang="en">Women</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns3="xml" ns3:lang="en">Public libraries</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns4="xml" ns4:lang="en">Italy</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns5="xml" ns5:lang="en">History</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns6="xml" ns6:lang="it">Donne</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns7="xml" ns7:lang="it">Biblioteche pubbliche</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns8="xml" ns8:lang="it">Italia</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns9="xml" ns9:lang="it">Storia</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>info:eu-repo/classification/udc/65</dc:subject>
  <dc:title xmlns:ns10="xml" ns10:lang="en">A useful, delightful, and good reading : how Maria and Antonia Ponti conceived a library for women</dc:title>
  <dc:type>http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>
