Katia Graziosi is the daughter of Anna Zucchini, one of the women arrested on 8 March 1955, for distributing mimosa flowers on International Women’s Day. At the time, Katia was 8 years old, and her memories of her mother’s imprisonment are still vivid in her memory.

The Zonta Club of Bologna Due Torri, Italy, collaborated with Katia to tell her story and fight against violence.

In 2025, “MIMOSE,” Anna Zucchini’s prison memoirs, was published.

Katia also contributed to “Fuori dall’Ombra” (Out of the Shadow), a symbolic book of UDI (Italian Women’s Union). The book was written to recount the experience of the women’s workshops organized by UDI volunteers inside the Dozza women’s prison in Bologna. Katia organizes and coordinates numerous anti-violence support centers in Bologna and the surrounding province, helping women who have lost everything, including with reintegration into the workforce.

*This article was translated into English using Google Translate.”