The History of the Lyceum

The Story of the Lyceum Club Internazionale di Firenze


(freely adapted from RASSEGNA STORICA TOSCANA, LXII, 2 – 2016, pp. 189-224,
edited by Diana Panconesi Sears)


Today witnesses the opening of the very first mixed and international Congress comprised of individuals of both sexes and from all nations. The object of this Congress is to study from the triple point of view of conscience, science and reason, the question of Women's Rights. I say Rights, because that is our aim.*