For over ten years the Italian parliament discussed the so-called Legge Merlin. However, it was only in 1958 that parliament abolished controlled prostitution and closed the case chiuse state licensed brothels, which since Cavour′s time had provided medical care for and control of prostitutes...
Keywords: Bordelle in Italien, Italienische Frauenbewegung
04/2007 | Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag