FRANCESCHI FERRUCCI, CATERINA. - Woman of letters, b. at Narni on 26 Jan. 1803, d. at Florence on 26 Feb. 1887. From Geneva, where she had followed her husband, the Latinist Michele Ferrucci, she returned to her homeland and settled in Pisa, when he obtained a chair at the University there, and later in Florence. Praised for her verses by Leopardi, Gioberti and Mamiani, she was the only woman called to be a member of the Accademia della Crusca (1871).

In her letters and verses she sings of faith, family and country. Her educational works are numerous, among them: Della educazione morale della donna italiana (Turin 1847); Della educazione intellettuale (4 vols., ibid. 1849-51); Letture morali ad uso delle fanciulle (Genoa 1851-52); Degli studi della donna (Turin 1853); Ammaestramenti religiosi e morali dei giovani italiani (Florence 1877).

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BIBL.: G. Guidetti, preface to the ed. of the Epistolario, Reggio Emilia 1910; V. Cian, Un'educazione italiana del Risorgimento, in Fanfulla della Domenica, 8 Oct. 1911; G. Chiari-Allegretti, L'educazione nazionale nella vita e negli scritti di C. P. F., Florence 1922, with bibl. Augusto Cenciarini

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