Hi Jaqueline
I had ( limited

) experience with both American and Italian women in my life. My point of view is that there is no much difference. Italian American women are for example like Italian American men more conservative than Italian women. This is due to the fact that their families left Italy probably 50 to 100 years ago and they left Italy with that set of moral standards. But Italy has changed: in the 50s a mini skirt was censured on Italian TV – now days Italian TV is much more permissive than American TV. The Janet Jackson incident would not have been noticed in today Italy.
My point is that most of the time there is more difference between a New York woman and a Utah farmer woman than between 2 professional women one Italian and one American. We are not talking about Afganistan vs New York here, your chance of happiness as a couple Italian born- US born depends 95 percent of the couple itself because their background is not that much different after all considerations.
Paolo
PS
Indifference is the cause of all evils…. but who cares.