The photo you see is quite famous and not very old: the girl is dressed in shorts, which has not been allowed for women in our societies for a long time. Previously, women only wore skirts.
Not too far from Turin, near the village of Livorno Ferraris, there is a picturesque farmhouse with an adjoining building that once served as a dormitory for women who came to work in the rice fields. Today, the owners of the farmhouse and the dormitory collect the memories of an era in Italian rice production that lasted 100 years. The work of the weeders.
The woman in Italy was above all a free workforce from the beginning of the time. She cost much less than a mule and could be exploited without too many worries. Even if in times long gone, life was hard everywhere, not just in Italy.The women who worked in the rice fields ranged from 13 to 50 years old. They worked 40 days a year and came there from many regions of Italy from the late 19th century to 1960.
This time they spent walking in waters full of snakes, leeches, and mosquitoes, working 14 hours a day for 85 cents. Behind them walked men who monitored them and beat them with sticks — so as not to recall other mistreatment reserved for the less obedient. Among the punishments was, for example, leaving the unfortunate woman without food. They could also have been raped or killed. =>>>>
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