Giuseppina Martinuzzi (1844–1925), a teacher, writer, and journalist from Labin, was one of the first women to establish and lead a literary periodical. The first issue of her literary journal, Pro Patria, was published in Trieste in May 1888. The periodical became a meeting point for many Italian intellectuals from the Austrian-ruled territories, and Martinuzzi collaborated with numerous writers from Istria, Trieste, Friuli, Dalmatia, Trentino, and Italy. Among them were often women, whom the intellectual from Labin, encouraged to write and fight for their rights. In the late 19th century, in regions under Austrian control like Trieste and Istria, periodical press was subject to censorship, confiscations, and surveillance by Austrian authorities. The issues of Pro Patria contained various articles and poems on literary, philosophical, political, and patriotic themes, often with irredentist and nationalist content. For this reason, out of the eleven issues of Pro Patria, two (the sixth and ninth) were confiscated. Due to censorship by Austrian authorities and numerous problems with her printer, Martinuzzi was forced to cease the publication of her periodical in March 1889. She later founded a new literary journal, Pro Patria Nostra. The history, events, and challenges that Martinuzzi faced before and during the release of her literary journal are detailed in her manuscript Scritti e stampati che si riferiscono a Giuseppina Martinuzzi e al suo periodico Pro Patria, which is preserved at the Labin Public Museum.