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Giacomina Lapenna

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Giacomina Lapenna
Giacomina Lapenna in 1978
BornDecember 14, 1924
Trieste, Italy
DiedSeptember 30, 2013 (aged 88)
Alma materUniversity of Trieste
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • Journalist
  • media executive
  • author

Giacomina Lapenna (born Giacomina Lapenna, December 14, 1924 - died September 30, 2013) was an Italian entrepreneur, journalist, teacher, and communication expert. She was the first woman in Italy to work in the field of public relations.[1][2] In 1958, she Co-founded the National Union of Public Relations Experts, Italy.[1][2] She was also a member of several international public relations organizations and of the European association of women executives.[2]

Personal life

Lapenna, born in Trieste in 1924 to Donato, father and Maddalena Raccamarich, mother. She graduated in modern literature at the University of Trieste. In 1951, she served as director, the cultural initiatives office, which was the first structure for public relations in an Italian university.[3] She was co-founder of National Union of Public Relations Experts,(UNERP) in 1958, which was later renamed Italian Federation of Public Relations,(FIRP) in 1968.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lapenna: this is how Ferpi was born" (PDF). Ferpi (in Italian). Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "È morta Giacomina Lapenna fondatrice FERPi". Ferpi (in Italian). Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Giacomina Lapenna, L'arte delle "pr" cominciò con la festa della Befana" (in Italian). Retrieved January 25, 2022.