News - 25 Novembre 2019 Italy 2019: It Hasn’t Been a “Dolce Vita” Year for Women 23 Nov 2019 The x-rays of the broken bones of 355 women that checked into the emergency room put on exhibit in the atrium of the San Carlo Hospital in Milan are disturbing to look at. Scenes of domestic violence that the surgeon, Maria Grazia Valvadori, wanted to take out of the private medical charts and bring to the public’s attention. A silent national drama. We spoke with Manuela Ulivi, president of the “Casa per le Donne Maltrattate” (Home for Battered Women) in Milan and author of the book, “Vive e libere” (“Alive and Free”).