Born into a noble family in the small town of
Borutta, in the
Meilogu historical region of
Sardinia, Ninetta Bartoli was educated at the prestigious "" Institute of
Sassari. Contrarily to her sister, who got married and left their hometown, Bartoli remained single and became more closely involved with the local Catholic community, after meeting missionary . During the
Fascist regime, Bartoli was socially engaged in her parish, and actively opposed gender inequalities. In 1945, when
Fascism fell and
opposition parties were legalized, she assumed the role of the secretary for the local section of the
Christian Democracy party (DC). The following year, after women were legally allowed to be electoral candidates, she successfully ran for mayor of Borutta with the support of the most prominent DC members in
the provincemost notably the Segni family, whose member
Antonio Segni would go on to be elected
President of the Italian Republic; Bartoli was friends with his wife Laura Carta. She won the municipal election with 332 votes out of a total of 371, corresponding to a rate of 89%. She was re-elected twice and remained in office until 1958, when she lost the support of younger DC members, who had replaced many of the older politicians. a public square was also named after her. == See also ==