Cristina Conchiglia

Cristina Conchiglia, married name Calasso (Brindisi, 4 January 1923 - Lecce, 5 May 2013), was an Italian trade unionist and politician. Leader of the Italian General Confederation of Labour and the Italian Communist Party. She was Mayor Emeritus of Copertino[1] and member of parliament from 1976 to 1983.[2]

Cristina Conchiglia

Biography

Although Cristina Conchiglia was born in Brindisi, her life as a trade unionist began in Salento, where she arrived in 1950 as a result of her marriage to the then Member of Parliament, Giuseppe Calasso (1899-1983),[3] who was active with the farmers of Arneo.[4] She was a leading figure in the struggles to secure the rights of women tobacco workers in Salento, who were forced to work under inadequate conditions and wages.[5] In the early 1950s, she was arrested in Lecce for leading a tobacco strike[6] and founded the Italian tobacco workers' union. Together with her husband Giuseppe, she participated in the land occupation in Arneo.[7]

Cristina Conchiglia was a member of the Italian Parliament during the two legislatures VII and VIII, from 5 July 1976 to 11 July 1983. She was elected for the constituency of Lecce and belonged to the Communist group. From 13 June 1981 to 11 July 1983, she was Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee for the advice to the Government on legislation concerning customs duties.[2]

She died on 5 May 2013 at the age of 90 at her home in Lecce.

References
  1. Comune di Copertino (13 May 2006). "Un addio all'on. Cristina Conchiglia sindaco emerito di Copertino". www.comune.copertino.le.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. Camera dei deputati. "Cristina Conchiglia". storia.camera.it. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. Gaballo, Marcello (2015-04-25). "Copertino nella seconda metà del '900". Fondazione Terra D'Otranto (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. Redazione. "Addio all'onorevole Cristina Conchiglia, baluardo delle tabacchine". LecceSette: quotidiano lecce, cronaca, politica, spettacoli, eventi e notizie (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  5. Saracino, Cosimo (2021-04-26). "Verso il Primo Maggio - Il mondo del lavoro femminile in agricoltura, dagli anni '50 agli inizi degli anni '80, in provincia di Brindisi". Qui Mesagne - Quotidiano web della Città di Mesagne (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  6. Coppola, Salvatore (1992). Il movimento contadino in Terra d'Otranto (1919-1960) (in Italian). Capone editore. p. 161.
  7. Fondazione Terra d'Otranto (2020-05-14). "A settant'anni dalle lotte dell'Arneo, una riflessione sulla riforma agraria nel Salento (1950-1960) (seconda parte)". Fondazione Terra D'Otranto (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-18.


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