The Unique Women of the Venetian Republic 

In The Unique Women of the Venetian Republic, international award-winning author Connie Spenuzza vibrantly chronicles women’s contributions to Venice from the 1400s to the end of the Republic in 1797. Despite societal norms that prohibited these Venetian women to advance as artists, authors, craftswomen, musicians, publishers, scholars-and even divas and courtesans par excellence- they created a serenity and sovereignty in their city, which garnered it the nickname La Serenissima.These dauntless women persevered in a Venice that on the surface looked serene but underneath was struggling to survive economically and politically.