Richette, Lisa Aversa, 1928-
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Danilo Dolci Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-105
Abstract
Danilo Dolci was born in Sesana on June 28,1924. He was a devout Catholic, and decided that instead of launching a professional career, he would work for a time with a priest, who had opened an orphanage for 3000 abandoned children after World War II. At age 28 Dolci moved to Sicily, working to overcome the poverty and violence. One technique he used was the "strike in reverse," which initiated unauthorized public works projects for the poor. Dolci became known throughout the world as the...
Dates:
1947-1987
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Fred Rodell papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-827
Abstract
The papers of Fred Rodell (1907-1980), a 1926 graduate of Haverford College and long-time professor of law at Yale University. The papers consist of correspondence, published and unpublished writing, scrapbooks of Rodell's written work, and albums of personal photographs.
Dates:
1927 - 1980
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- Constitutional law -- United States 1
- Danilo Dolci Education Centre 1
- Italy -- Economic Conditions -- 1945- -- Sources 1
- Italy -- Social conditions -- 1945-1976 -- Sources 1
- Judges -- United States -- Biography 1
- Mafia -- Italy -- Sicily -- History -- Sources 1
- Nonviolence -- History -- Sources 1
- Partinico (Italy) -- History -- Sources 1
- Passive resistance -- Italy -- Sicily -- History -- Sources 1
- Sicily (Italy) -- Economic conditions -- 1945- -- Sources. 1
- Sicily (Italy) -- Social conditions -- Sources. 1
- Social reformers -- Italy -- History -- Sources 1
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