Columbia Anne Botticello
American, 1927 - 2021
BiographyColumbia Anne Botticello was the daughter of Mary Cardillicchio and Henry Botticello. She grew up in Hartford and Manchester, Connecticut, in a large Italian American family. Her family lived at 16 Kennedy Street in Hartford, at least when she was in junior high school; when she was 18 years old, her address was 54 Russell Street in Manchester. She took dance lessons in Hartford and was a student at Henry Barnard Junior High School.
She became an author. Her first book, Return of Another Spring, was about a young dancer in New York. She also wrote a book about her own life and her experiences with her family, titled, Mama and the Ten of Us. Her siblings were: Paul Botticello, Louis Botticello, Daniel Botticello, Harry Botticello, Concetta Botticello Hildebrand, Isabel Botticello Gionfriddo, Celia Botticello Barniak, and Carmelia (Millie) Botticello Gionfriddo.
She was a ballet dancer in the Metropolitan Opera. She taught dancing at the Columbia Botticello School of Dance in Hartford and Manchester. She marched for the Women's Equal Rights Amendment with a Hartford group representing Connecticut in the Washington D.C. Women's March in 1978.
She died on June 28, 2021.
She became an author. Her first book, Return of Another Spring, was about a young dancer in New York. She also wrote a book about her own life and her experiences with her family, titled, Mama and the Ten of Us. Her siblings were: Paul Botticello, Louis Botticello, Daniel Botticello, Harry Botticello, Concetta Botticello Hildebrand, Isabel Botticello Gionfriddo, Celia Botticello Barniak, and Carmelia (Millie) Botticello Gionfriddo.
She was a ballet dancer in the Metropolitan Opera. She taught dancing at the Columbia Botticello School of Dance in Hartford and Manchester. She marched for the Women's Equal Rights Amendment with a Hartford group representing Connecticut in the Washington D.C. Women's March in 1978.
She died on June 28, 2021.
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Cape Verdean, 1924 - 2005
