Clelia Lollini

Clelia Lollini (May 1, 1890 – November 24, 1963) was an Italian medical doctor. She helped to found the Medical Women's International Federation and the Italian Women's Medical Association.

Early life Clelia Lollini was born in Rome, the daughter of Vittorio Lollini and Elisa Agnini. Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a journalist and feminist. All four of the Lollini daughters (Olga, Clara, Livia, and Clelia) pursued higher education and professional careers. Clelia Lollini finished her medical degree in 1915.

Career During World War I she enlisted and worked as a surgeon at a military hospital in Venice. In 1919 she attended the YWCA's International Conference of Women Physicians in New York, where she gave a lecture on "Prostitution and Prophylaxis of Venereal Disease in Italy", and described her efforts to add social hygiene to Italian public school curricula. She also opened a prenatal clinic for unmarried women in Rome.

She became one of the founders of the Medical Women's International Federation. She and Myra Carcupino-Ferrari founded the Italian Women's Medical Association (AIDM) soon after.