{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino","provider_url":"https:\/\/bnuto.cultura.gov.it\/en\/","title":"Margherita POP\u00a0 | Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"U2JJOxSheY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bnuto.cultura.gov.it\/en\/margherita-pop\/\">Margherita POP\u00a0<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/bnuto.cultura.gov.it\/en\/margherita-pop\/embed\/#?secret=U2JJOxSheY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Margherita POP\u00a0&#8221; &#8212; Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino\" data-secret=\"U2JJOxSheY\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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The&nbsp;level&nbsp;of&nbsp;popularity&nbsp;reached&nbsp;almost&nbsp;fetishistic&nbsp;forms&nbsp;among&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;humble&nbsp;classes&nbsp;of society:&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;believed&nbsp;that&nbsp;keeping&nbsp;a&nbsp;dried&nbsp;daisy&nbsp;in the&nbsp;prayer&nbsp;book&nbsp;was&nbsp;an&nbsp;infallible&nbsp;good&nbsp;luck&nbsp;charm.&nbsp;Margaret&#8217;s&nbsp;prestige&nbsp;transcended&nbsp;the&nbsp;boundaries&nbsp;of the crown and&nbsp;remained&nbsp;intact&nbsp;even&nbsp;after&nbsp;her&nbsp;demise: \u201cdaisiness\u201d&nbsp;was&nbsp;not&nbsp;only&nbsp;literary,&nbsp;as&nbsp;evidenced&nbsp;by the&nbsp;countless&nbsp;tangible&nbsp;and&nbsp;intangible&nbsp;objects,&nbsp;streets,&nbsp;squares, hospitals,&nbsp;schools,&nbsp;sewing&nbsp;machines,&nbsp;plates&nbsp;and&nbsp;cups&nbsp;bearing&nbsp;her&nbsp;name&nbsp;and&nbsp;effigy.&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp;economic&nbsp;aid&nbsp;devolved&nbsp;to the&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;of the&nbsp;weakest&nbsp;also&nbsp;contributed&nbsp;to the&nbsp;creation&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;popular&nbsp;myth;&nbsp;attentive&nbsp;to social and&nbsp;topical&nbsp;issues&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;schooling&nbsp;and&nbsp;education,&nbsp;she&nbsp;had&nbsp;relationships&nbsp;with the&nbsp;great&nbsp;theorists&nbsp;of&nbsp;her&nbsp;time, first and&nbsp;foremost&nbsp;Maria Montessori, to&nbsp;whom&nbsp;she&nbsp;was&nbsp;bound&nbsp;by a&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;of&nbsp;friendship.&nbsp;Her&nbsp;role&nbsp;as&nbsp;\u201cfirst queen..."}