Violet Gibson: this lady shoots fascists
On this day.
In 1926….
Irish woman Violet Gibson shoots [Benito] Mussolini in the nose as he walks among the crowd in the Piazza del Campidoglio in RomeBorn 1876, Dublin…Daughter of Irish lawyer/politician Baron Ashbourne…Lived rest of life in St. Andrew’s Hospital…Died 1956.
The Irishwoman Who Shot Mussolini (RTÉ Documentary on One Podcast)
