Ada Natali (5 March 1898 – 27 April 1990) was an Italian politician. She served in the Italian

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and was also the first woman to serve as mayor in Italy . Ada natali's father was Giuseppe Natali, socialist and mayor of her native village, and her mother was Argia Germani, a teacher, she was born in

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. She studied at the teaching institute in

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, after receiving her qualifications in 1921, she taught at school in Massa Fermana for ten years. In 1929, she enrolled in the law faculty at the

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. In 1946, she was elected as the mayor of Massa Fermana after running as a candidate of the

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(PCI) and served in that post until 1959. In 1948, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the PCI. During the 1950s, she supported the struggles of workers employed in hat factories to obtain a national contract of employment. Natali also served as director of the feminist . She died in Massa Fermana at the age of 92.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Natali, Ada 1898 births 1990 deaths Deputies of Legislature I of Italy Women mayors of places in Italy University of Macerata alumni Italian Communist Party politicians Italian socialist feminists Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)