Coincident with a general reshaping of European culture in the period 1300 to 1700 (called the Renaissance or early modern period), questions of female equality and opportunity ere raised that still resound and are still unresolved. Theirs is the' other voice,' in contradistinction to the 'first voice,' the voice of the educated men who created Western culture.

These recent achievements have their origins in things women (and some male supporters) said for the first time about six hundred years ago. Issues vital to women are on the public agenda: equal pay, child care, domestic abuse, breast cancer research, and curricular revision with an eye to the inclusion of women. Most enjoy access to education, reproductive rights, and autonomy in financial affairs. N western Europe and the United States women are nearing equality in the professions, in business, and in politics. 4-dc21 CIP § The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of theĪmerican National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence for Printed Library Materials, ANSI 239.48-1992.įranco) Familiar Letters Various People 23 (The other voice in early modern Europe) Includes bibliographical references and index. Poems and selected letters / Veronica Franco edited and translated by Ann Rosalind J ones and Margaret F. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Franco, Veronica, 1546-1591. This translation was supported by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and from the Mellon Foundation. The Italian text of Franco's poetry is reproduced from Rime) by Veronica Franco, edited by Stefano Bianchi (Milan: Gruppo Ugo Mursia, 1995) with the permission of the publisher. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 1998 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. She is the author of The Honest Courtesan: VeronicaFranco)Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice)published by the University of Chicago Press. Margaret F Rosentbal is associate professor of Italian at the University of Southern California.

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