Emanuela Setti Carraro

Emanuela Setti Carraro (9 October 1950 to 3 September 1982) was an Italian nurse, born in Borgosesia in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont. She trained as a volunteer nurse of the Italian Red Cross and gave special service at the Military Hospital in Milan and in the operating rooms of the Institute of Surgical Pathology of the University of Milan. On 10 July 1982 she married General Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, the Prefect of Palermo, and less than two months later, on 3 September 1982, she was killed with him and their escorting officer Domenico Russo by the Sicilian Mafia in the Via Carini massacre in Palermo. Her death prompted public reflection on the Mafia having abandoned its supposed rule of not killing women. She was honored with the Italian Red Cross Gold Medal of Merit and the Public Health Medal of Merit, and many schools and health facilities across Italy carry her name.