Cathy La Torre - «Tutte le volte che le donne»

Here’s the English translation of the Italian text:

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Telling the extraordinary women forgotten by history, in an exciting, inspiring, and ironic conference-show. This is what the well-known lawyer and activist Cathy La Torre will be doing, as she brings the show "Every Time Women" to the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari for the first time: the event is scheduled for Friday, February 13th, at 9 PM, at the Bari theater, in an evening organized by Aurora Eventi. Few tickets are still available on ticketone.it and at all Ticket One sales points. Info: 328.351.94.02.

"Every Time Women" is the show conceived and hosted by La Torre, written in collaboration with Sarah Buono and Gabriele Scotti, and directed by Bruno Fornasari. An original format that intertwines historical narrative, social reflection, and irony, giving voice and memory to female figures who are often forgotten, overlooked, or underestimated by official narratives.

The show is born as a tribute to all the women who, in Italy and around the world, have fought—and continue to fight—for the recognition of their rights, freedom, and existence. Through a narrative journey that combines images, quotes, and testimonies, Cathy La Torre brings to light extraordinary stories of women who invented, resisted, changed laws, and imagined different futures, often paying the price of invisibility.

Among these are Mary Anderson, inventor of the windshield wiper, and Margaret Wilcox, who designed the heating system for automobiles: two innovations we take for granted today, but which are fundamental for daily safety. Then there is Franca Viola, a symbol of a pivotal shift in Italian law, who, by rejecting the reparative marriage after experiencing violence, helped dismantle a deeply unjust legal and social culture. Additionally, Elizabeth Magie Phillips, creator of the game that would become Monopoly, and Luisa Spagnoli, a visionary entrepreneur capable of combining creativity, industry, and women's emancipation.

The narrative expands to internationally recognized figures such as Hedy Lamarr, a Hollywood diva and pioneer of wireless technologies thanks to her patent for the “secret communication system” of 1942; Rosa Parks, whose act of resistance on a bus forever changed the history of civil rights; Malala Yousafzai, who, at just fifteen, challenged the violence of the Taliban to assert girls' right to education, becoming the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate. And there are also ancient and surprisingly contemporary stories, like that of Trota di Salerno, a 12th-century physician whose discoveries were taken and attributed to others, or Tabitha Babbitt, inventor of the circular saw, symbolizing feminine genius capable of even “shattering” the annoyances that history has often reserved for women.

"Every Time Women" is a powerful reflection on the cultural and social legacy of women, too often removed or minimized. It is a necessary show that reconstructs a collective memory and restores rightful space for the talent, strength, and vision of women in history. With her direct, brilliant, and sharp style, Cathy La Torre guides the audience through an interweaving of forgotten biographies, invisible struggles, and achievements that have never been celebrated enough. An act of love and justice, capable of speaking to the hearts and consciences of everyone, reminding us that progress—yesterday as today—depends also, and above all, on women.
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