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Franca Viola

1948 - Today

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Franca Viola (born 9 January 1948) is a Sicilian woman who became famous in the 1960s in Italy for refusing a "rehabilitating marriage" (Italian: matrimonio riparatore) to her rapist after being kidnapped, held hostage for over one week, and raped frequently. She is considered to be the first Italian woman who had been raped to publicly refuse marriage. She and her family successfully prosecuted the rapist. The trial had a wide resonance in Italy, as Viola's behavior clashed with traditional social conventions in Southern Italy, whereby a woman would lose her honour if she refused to marry the man to whom she had lost her virginity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franca Viola is the 332nd most popular social activist (down from 311th in 2019), the 2,669th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,609th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Franca Viola ranks 332 out of 840. Before her are Clara Barton, Ricardo Flores Magón, Klara Zamenhof, Marie Popelin, Natalya Estemirova, and Allan Octavian Hume. After her are Cut Nyak Dhien, Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Russell Means, Mirzo Tursunzoda, and Karl Ludwig Sand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Franca Viola ranks 271. Before her are Norair Nurikyan, Judith Miller, Tony Judt, Muse Watson, Todd Rundgren, and David Albahari. After her are Drago Jančar, James Rebhorn, Magdaléna Vášáryová, Kitten Natividad, Bud Cort, and Heinz Flohe.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franca Viola ranks 2,669 out of 5,161. Before her are Pietro Gradenigo (1251), Giancarlo de' Medici (1611), Liliana Segre (1930), Paolo Renier (1710), Guido Masetti (1907), and Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1855). After her are Roberto Farinacci (1892), Guido Marini (1965), Appius Claudius Pulcher (-250), Carlo Ruzzini (1653), Enrichetta d'Este (1702), and Salimbene di Adam (1221).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Italy

Among social activists born in Italy, Franca Viola ranks 10. Before her are Frank Costello (1891), Antipope Clement III (1025), Fra Dolcino (1250), Beppe Grillo (1948), Moses Montefiore (1784), and Attica (-55). After her are Giuseppe Pinelli (1928), and Giuseppe Impastato (1948).

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