After a brief overview of the participation of female writers in the anarchist press in Italy at the beginning of the twentieth century, the article examines the main ideas developed in the first anarchist women’s periodicals published in Italy, La Donna libertaria (1912-1913) and L’Alba libertaria (1915). In addition to encouraging women to take part in the anti-capitalist and anti-militarist struggle, anarchist women’s periodicals showed some openness to women’s issues, in particular by formulating original positions on motherhood and birth control through contraception. At the same time, the periodicals accuse the anarchist companions of having neglected the female element within the movement and intend to fight against antifeminism of all kinds.