 Lea Schiavi

Lea Schiavi, also known as Lea Schiavi Burdett, (March 2, 1907 – April 24, 1942), an Italian dissident journalist writing for left-wing journals in opposition to the Italian fascist government led by Benito Mussolini.Her husband Winston Burdett believed Schiavi was assassinated by either the Russians, Italian anti-fascists, or Persians while traveling through Iran.