The Boston Globe, October 15th, 2006
When Fascist ruler Benito Mussolini ordered Italian women to donate their wedding rings to support his war in Africa in the 1930s, Anna (Foa) Yona took a stand that was daring and dangerous. "Anna refused, and continued to wear hers openly," Alexander Stille wrote in his 1991 book, "Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism." "Her friends were scandalized; some avoided her, after telling her she was crazy and would be arrested," he wrote. Mrs. Yona died of dementia Monday at Heathwood Nursing Home in Newton. She was 98. Mrs. Yona never lost her fearless approach to l...
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