Italy. 1950. First class in reading for the peasant women in Roggiano Gravina. Illiteracy was much more widespread among women than men, and the League for the Struggle Against Illiteracy is making special efforts to attract women to evening classes. Besides reading and writing, the women are taught embroidery and other handicrafts, and their evening classes are divided between reading, writing and sewing. The very successful device of embroidering the letters combines all in one. For reading, the mobile letter system shown here is proving very effective. Many women bring their children to class.