Incontro con Mariapaola Pesce - Rassegna letteraria "Il coraggio tra le pagine"

**Thursday, November 20** in **Taranto** there's a new meeting of the literary series **_Courage Among the Pages_**, organized by **Volta la carta** in collaboration with **Alzàia**, the association that manages the **Women Support Anti-Violence Center**. At **Mercato Nuovo**, **Mariapaola Pesce** will be present, author of the book **_Emmeline Pankhurst_**, published by **BeccoGiallo**. The guest will converse with journalist Vincenzo Parabita and lawyer Teresa Tatullo. We look forward to seeing you at **6:30 PM**. Admission is free.

After the investigative novel of the first event, this time a graphic novel will be presented that offers a valuable opportunity to delve deeper into a historical figure that might be less explored, despite her fundamental contribution to the women's rights movement: Emmeline Pankhurst. Born in England in the mid-19th century into a family where political commitment was intertwined with daily life, she understood from a young age how women needed to take action themselves to change both their conditions and the entrenched beliefs about them being the "weaker sex." She was the one to inspire and lead the suffragette movement with a fierce battle, helping women win the right to vote and becoming a true icon of the liberation struggle. The comic biography written by Mariapaola Pesce and illustrated by Paola Zanghì offers a comprehensive portrait, not stopping at appearances and celebrations, but rather it succeeds in fully outlining the trajectory of a complex and contradictory activist.

**THE AUTHOR**

Genovese by birth, a bookseller by family inheritance, later a trainer and executive coach, Mariapaola Pesce today focuses on writing and training. Between 2018 and 2021, she published “Filo il mio amico immaginario” (Eli Publishing), “Case nel mondo” (ElectaKids), “La collana della nonna” (Tandem-Il Castoro), “Emma. Aspirante Cupido” and “Orgoglio e pregiudizio. Mai fidarsi delle apparenze” (Hop), “Fuga da campo sventura” (Bonelli Kids), “Il grande viaggio di Naoki” (Jaca Book), “Ancora, papà” (Terre di Mezzo), and “Storie di ragazzi che cambiano il mondo” (Electa Junior), written together with Daniele Nicastro and Teo Benedetti. Active also as a comic scriptwriter, she has published for BeccoGiallo “Angela Davis”, “Rosa Parks”, and “Emmeline Pankhurst”; “Tutta colpa di quel gatto” (Orecchio Acerbo); “La fattoria degli animali” (Caissa); and “Mio nonno che tornò a piedi dalla Germania” (Barometz). In March 2022, she published the novel “Le regole della rabbia” (Pelledoca). With the Ararat label, she is involved in editing, ghostwriting, and literary coaching. Since 2022, she has been part of the Majestic literary agency.

**THE BOOK**

Born into a family where political commitment was intertwined with daily life, Emmeline Pankhurst always breathed activism. From a young age, she understood how women needed to engage personally to change both their conditions and the rooted beliefs about them being the "weaker sex." Her motto, with which she inspired her companions, was "Never underestimate the power we have to be the architects of our destiny." Her commitment accompanied her in every phase of her life: in her studies, in motherhood, during the painful period of mourning after the loss of her husband. She became a true icon of the liberation struggle. The graphic novel retraces Pankhurst's steps primarily through events. Paola Zanghì's illustrations recreate the atmospheres of the 19th century in black and white, and with the absolutely contemporary expressiveness of the characters, far from being contrasting, produce a harmonious and engaging effect.
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