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Dolly Sinatra (Italian pronunciation: [siˈnaːtra]; born Natalina Maria Vittoria Garaventa; [nataˈliːna maˈriːa ɡaraˈvɛnta]; December 26, 1896 – January 6, 1977) was an Italian-American homemaker, known as the mother of American singer Frank Sinatra.
- Natalina Maria Vittoria Garaventa, December 26, 1896, Lumarzo, Italy
- January 6, 1977 (aged 80), San Gorgonio Wilderness, California, U.S.
Feb 9, 2017 · Dolly Sinatra was a progressive and influential woman who worked as a midwife and provided illegal abortions for Catholic Italian women in Hoboken. She was also a Democratic leader, a women's rights supporter and a bootlegger during Prohibition.
Mar 1, 2022 · This is Dolly Sinatra, once known as "Hatpin Dolly." She provided illegal abortions to the women of Hoboken, she got arrested protesting for the right to vote, she ran a saloon during...
- Emma Mckee
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Nov 8, 2022 · Dolly Sinatra was a fearless political activist who fought for voting rights, reproductive rights, and her husband's career. She chained herself to City Hall, delivered votes, and ran a tavern where Frank Sinatra sang for the first time.
- Eliot Hudson
When Sinatra was six, his uncle Babe, Dolly's brother, was arrested for driving a getaway car after a Railway Express truck driver was murdered. Though Dolly attended his trial daily and attempted to evoke sympathy, her brother was convicted and sentenced to prison for 15 years.
Nov 2, 2003 · Jacobs takes solace in believing that Dolly Sinatra, who continued to see him in spite of her son's banishment, hated Sinatra's last wife as much as he does.
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Oct 26, 1997 · Dolly Sinatra, who had an immigrant’s faith in success, wanted her school-shy son to become some kind of powerful man. In time, of course, Sinatra seized more than power; he infiltrated the...
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