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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.
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.
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.
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
May 6, 2016 · In 1912, Dolly met 18-year old Antonio ‘Marty’ Sinatra, and would sneak into boxing matches dressed as a boy to watch him fight. Her parents, who were considered to be of a higher class than Marty, detested the relationship.
Nov 14, 2021 · How the only child of two Italian immigrants went from the streets of Hoboken to the bright lights of New York. Francis Albert Sinatra, around the age of 10, sporting the fedora hat that would ...
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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...
