Francesca Alexander (1837-1917), originally known as Ester Frances Alexander was an accomplished Illustrator, author, painter and philanthropist. Born in Boston to Francis Alexander, a famous American portrait painter and Lucia Gray Swett, a wealthy heiress. When she was 16, Alexander moved to Florence where she would spend the rest of her life. Alexander, though not classically trained, was a gifted illustrator. Learning from her father, she would draw anything and everythi

Madame Thérèse Bentzon Marie-Thérèse Blanc (1840-1907), also known by her pseudonyms Thérèse Bentzon and Théodore Bentzon, was a French...

Mary Berenson (1864–1945), whose original name is Mary Whitall Smith, was born in Philadelphia. Having grown up in an intellectual...

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Gaetano Salvemini (1873-1957) fu uno storico e politico antifascista italiano. Dopo essersi laureato in Lettere a Firenze, iniziò la...