Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.
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| Birth: | 1546 |
| Death: | 1591 |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Veronica Franco was an Italian poet and courtesan in 16th century Venice. Renaissance Venetian society recognized two different classes of courtesans: the cortigiana onesta, the intellectual courtesan, and the cortigiana di lume, lower-class prostitutes who tended to live and practise their trade near the Rialto Bridge.
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