Born in Modena in 1877, Forzato-Spezia emigrated with her husband to the U.S. in 1891, and settled in West Hoboken, NJ. She opened a bookstore there renowned for its large selection of booklets of socialist propaganda and social novels. By 1907, she…
Preface by Matteo Teresi, on whom, see, in the collection, Con la patria nel cuore. La mia propaganda fra gli emigranti [With the Fatherland in my Heart. My propaganda among the immigrants] (Palermo: D’Antoni, 1925), and discussion there of Teresi's…