"Lo sport nuoce alla donna?" : Udi, Uisp, Pci e lo sport femminile negli anni Cinquanta

This article aims at analysing the attitude of the Italian communist party (Pci) and some progressive associations such as the Unione donne italiane (Udi) and the Unione italiana sport popolare (Uisp) towards women's sport. A special attention is devoted to the 1950s, which represented a crucial decade to grasp the tensions between modernization and conservative mentality. The promotion of the first editions of the women's sports exhibitions, the parades of athletes at the Feste dell'Unità and the tournaments at the communist party school of Faggeto Lario are significant examples of the enhancement of sport for women, in a context of social and cultural backwardness in which first attempts of change emerged. [Publisher's text].