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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Franca Viola

1948 - Today

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Franca Viola (born 9 January 1948) is a Sicilian woman who became famous in the 1960s in Italy for refusing a "rehabilitating marriage" (Italian: matrimonio riparatore) to her rapist after being kidnapped, held hostage for over one week, and raped frequently. She is considered to be the first Italian woman who had been raped to publicly refuse marriage. She and her family successfully prosecuted the rapist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franca Viola has received more than 372,264 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Franca Viola is the 415th most popular social activist, the 3,221st most popular biography from Italy and the 10th most popular Italian Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Franca Viola ranks 415 out of 538. Before her are Matilda Joslyn Gage, Grey Owl, Frances Ames, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Cesar Chavez, and Raisa Aronova. After her are Giuseppe Impastato, Gabriela Silang, Leonard Peltier, Josué de Castro, Nadia Murad, and İbrahim Kaypakkaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Franca Viola ranks 366. Before her are Ndaye Mulamba, Barry Hay, Vera Nikolić, Yaakov Litzman, Eliyahu Rips, and Eleonora Brown. After her are Wu Den-yih, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Oliver Shanti, Régis Wargnier, Giuseppe Impastato, and Bernadette Peters.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franca Viola ranks 3,221 out of 4,668. Before her are Mario Zenari (1946), Ben Vautier (1935), Antonino Rocca (1921), Eleonora Brown (1948), Piero Carini (1921), and Gabriele Tarquini (1962). After her are Gaetano Bedini (1806), Consalvo Sanesi (1911), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (1968), Giovanni Giorgi (1871), Stefano Benni (1947), and Camillo Caccia Dominioni (1877).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Italy

Among social activists born in Italy, Franca Viola ranks 10. Before her are Antipope Clement III (1025), Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), Frank Costello (1891), Beppe Grillo (1948), Moses Montefiore (1784), and Giuseppe Pinelli (1928). After her are Giuseppe Impastato (1948).

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