ANCONA – Once upon a time there was Ada Natali, who in 1946 was elected the first female mayor of Italy in Massa Fermana. Once upon a time, because since then in the Marche, the tricolor bands with a pink background have remained almost a rarity, mostly relegated to small villages or towns under 15 thousand inhabitants.
Confirmation
A further seal was placed by this last electoral round which, for example, in the land of Natali – the Fermo – saw zero women elected to the position of first citizen. And in the end, the count of female Municipality seats is reduced to 30 out of a total of 225 Municipalities: one in every 7.7 won by the mayors. Valeria Mancinelli, the first and only mayor of Ancona from 1860 to the present day, had already raised the alarm by explaining that it is not easy for a woman to lead a medium-to-large municipality. In reality, it is not even easy to make your way into decidedly smaller entities, crushed by a predominantly male-dominated politics. It thus turns out that even in a highly progressive province, such as that of Pesaro Urbino, there are only 5 female mayors out of 50 municipalities. All elected or re-elected in these elections.
The winners
In Belforte all’Isauro where there is Federica Battazzi, in Borgo Pace with Romina Pierantoni, in Gabicce with Marila Girolomoni, in Montecalvo in Foglia with Donatella Paganelli and in Pietrarubbia with Assunta Maria Paolini. Everything else is the monopoly of colleagues who never give up. In the Macerata area, however, there are 12 female mayors out of a total of 55 municipalities that make up the territory: of these, 8 are fresh from election or re-election. The Ancona area has few women with the tricolor sash, 7 in 47 Municipalities, but it has a recent past on its side, namely Valeria Mancinelli (centre-left) at the helm of Ancona for ten years and a more than dignified present with the mayor Stefania Signorini ( centre-right) installed for the second term in Falconara Marittima, a town of over 25 thousand inhabitants. But there is also Daniela Ghergo (centre-left) in the populous and industrial Fabriano. If the ballot were in favor of Michela Glorio (who has to contend with Francesco Pirani), Osimo could also change the course of a story that has so far been entirely male. The province of Fermo rightfully takes the black jersey in terms of women’s quotas: out of 40 municipalities only three female strongholds: Altidona with Giuliana Porrà, Monterubbiano with Meri Marziali and Ortezzano with Carla Piermarini. In the Ascolano area, 3 female mayors out of 33 municipalities: in Appignano there is Sara Moreschini, in Castorano the newly elected Rossana Cicconi and in Montemonaco Francesca Grilli. Oh yes, once upon a time there was Ada Natali.
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