It is precisely our farmers' wives who must bring the silkworm rearing of our province back to its former glory, cheerfully facing the inconvenience of an procedure which, for several days, puts living quarters out of action, perhaps sometimes even with the risk of causing damage to any furniture that could not be removed from the kitchen or rooms.
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The role of women in silkworm rearing
The introduction of a handbook on silkworm rearing stresses the important role of women even in the phase of rearing silkworms, which often upturned the domestic life of rural families.
Credits: Associazione nazionale combattenti Federazione della Provincia di Como, Brevi appunti di bachicoltura con alcune parole alle nostre massaie, Soc. An. Edit., Como, 1936. Archivio storico comunale di Garlate.