The Passion of a Pioneering Italian Journalist

She was one of the first women in Italy to earn a living as a journalist and a writer, the first female columnist for the leading Italian daily Corriere della Sera, and the author of 45 books.  She called herself Marchesa Colombi, but she had no noble blood in her veins. Her real name was Maria Antonietta Torriani, and she was born poor in 1840. Sh...