After Italy

After Italy

The Words that Started our Adventure While in Italy, we went to Ravenna to meet the journalist and historian Andrea Casadio. His curiosity was piqued when he read an entry in a guest book at Dante’s tomb from 1910: “Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Beck, Ravenna Park, State of...
Two Gentlewomen and Verona

Two Gentlewomen and Verona

TWO GENTLEWOMEN AND VERONA We took two side trips last week: one to Verona to see Juliet and another to Padua to learn more about Elena Piscopia. VERONA A Modern Juliet My husband Gary has a genealogy client in California whom he had met only over Skype. Since the...
Searching for Elena

Searching for Elena

Searching for Elena         Elena Piscopia Cornaro was the first woman to receive a university degree (in 1678). There have been several biographies of her life so I know the facts; but I want to know more about her thoughts and desires and heart, so I am searching...

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