THE WOMAN IN RED Anita Garibaldi

Portrait of Anita Garibaldi. She wears a black gown with wide white collar, dangly gold earrings and gold and red pendant necklace. — Portrait of Anita Garibaldi c 1845 by Gaetano Gallino

Anita Garibaldi is celebrated as a national heroine in three countries and on two continents. Yet the true stories of her remarkable, almost unbelievable life have seldom been told, and her legacy has been claimed, and used, by generations of men since her death in 1849. Hear the astonishing life of the “mother of Italy,” Brazilian gaucho revolutionary Anita Garibaldi.

Our guest is Diana Giovinazzo, author of the forthcoming novel The Woman in Red.

Anita Garibaldi wearing men’s clothing
photo in public domain

Portrait of Anita Garibaldi by Gerolamo Induno, 1849

Anita dies in a farm house not far from Ravenna surrounded by Garibaldi, some of his comrades, and those who have granted her asylum as the Austrians seek them out
painting by JJ Brown

Giuseppe Garibaldi on Caprera
photo by DeAgostini

Anita Garibaldi statue Rome — Statue (and tomb) of Anita Garibaldi
Janiculum Hill, Rome
photo by Sergio D’Afflitto

Anita Garibaldi statue Laguna — Statue of Anita Garibaldi in Laguna, Brazil
photo by Fgnievinski

Anita and Giuseppe Garibaldi statue, Rio Grande del Sol — Statue of Anita and Giuseppe Garibaldi in Rio Grande del Sul, Brazil
photo by Franco Bras

Diana Giovinazzo is the co-creator of Wine, Women and Words, a weekly literary podcast featuring interviews with authors over a glass of wine. Diana is active within her local literary community as the president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Women’s National Book Association. The Woman in Red is her debut novel.

THE WOMAN IN RED Anita Garibaldi

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