Franca Falcucci
Minister of Public Education
In office
1 December 1982 – 28 July 1987
Prime MinisterAmintore Fanfani
Bettino Craxi
Preceded byGuido Bodrato
Succeeded byGiovanni Galloni
Member of the Senate
In office
5 June 1968 – 22 April 1992
ConstituencyLazio (1968–1983)
Campania (1983–1992)
Personal details
Born(1926-03-22)22 March 1926
Rome, Italy
Died4 September 2014(2014-09-04) (aged 88)
Rome, Italy
Political partyChristian Democracy
ProfessionPolitician, teacher

Franca Falcucci (22 March 1926 – 4 September 2014) was an Italian politician, member of the Christian Democracy Party.[1] She served at the Senate and was the first woman to become minister of public education.[2]

Biography

Born in Rome in 1926, Falcucci taught Latin and Greek in Roman lyceums before becoming a politician in 1968.

In 1974, the Minister of Education Franco Maria Malfatti asked Falcucci to chair a team in charge of researching the problems of disabled students. The "Falcucci Document",[3] issued in 1975, was one of the most advanced studies of disability issues at both the European and international level, promoting a new way of thinking about the issue. The document stated that "... school brings educational action and potential of each student, and looks as the most appropriate structure to overcome the conditions of marginalization that would otherwise be condemned children with disabilities ..."[3]

She died on 4 September 2014.[4] Her niece Alessandra assisted her during the end of her life.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Senatrice Franca Falcucci" (in Italian). Senato della Repubblica. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Redazione Scuola (5 September 2014). "È morta Franca Falcucci, primo ministro donna dell'Istruzione". www.corriere.it (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Antonio Martino (1975). "Relazione Conclusiva della Commissione Falcucci Concernente I Problemi Scolastici degli Alunni Handicappati". www.edscuola.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Muore l'ex ministro dell'Istruzione e senatrice Franca Falcucci". www.repubblica.it (in Italian). 4 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  5. ↑ (in Italian) Corriere della Sera, 5 September 2014, p. 55, Addii, aveva 88 anni
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