When Licia Ronzulli became a mother, she was told to choose: her career in Parliament or her role as a parent. She chose both.
By bringing her 44-day-old daughter to work, she did more than just care for her child. She made motherhood visible. She made the struggles of working women impossible to ignore. She voted, she worked, and she nursed, all within the halls of power.
For three years, her daughter’s presence wasn’t a distraction; it was a declaration. It was a powerful symbol that a woman’s life shouldn’t be compartmentalized, and that a mother’s strength belongs everywhere, especially where decisions are being made.