When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.

By the 1570s Veronica Franco belonged to one of the more prestigious literary circles in the city participating in discussions and contributing to and editing anthologies of poetry. Veronica Franco: Donna poetessa e cortigiana del Rinascimento. Rosenthal Margaret F.

Veronica Franco (1546–1591) was an Italian poet and courtesan in 16th-century Venice.