Piccole Italiane
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Piccole Italiane was a party organization of the Italian National Fascist Party (PNF) for girls between the ages of 8 and 14. It was the equivalent of the Balilla for boys.
The National Fascist Party had a number of party organizations for citizens of different sexes, ages and professions, in order to control and indoctrinate the citizens.
Girls were first enrolled in the Piccole Italiane for girls between the age of 8 and 14; the progressed to the Giovani Italiane for girls aged 14–18; after which they became member of the Giovane Fasciste, which was a party organization for both men and women aged 18 to 21 - after this, women were finally transferred to the women's organization Fasci Femminili (FF) for women over the age of 21, which was in turn divided in to several different organizations.[1] All these organizations were technically under the command of the FF.
The girls of the Piccole Italiane wore a uniform consisting of a long black skirt, a black baretta, and a white blouse decorated with the fascist sign and a grade mark on the shoulder of the sleeve.
See also
References
- ^ Gori, G. (2012). Italian Fascism and the Female Body: Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers. Storbritannien: Taylor & Francis. p. 99
Sources
- Marone, Francesca (2012). "Piccole italiane'. L'educazione delle bambine nel ventennio fascista". In Corsi, M.; Ulivieri, S. (eds.). Progetto Generazioni. Bambini e Anziani: due stagioni della vita a confronto (in Italian). Pisa: ETS. pp. 315–334.
- Gori, Gigliola (2004). "Le colonie alpine e marine per le Piccole italiane: salute, ginnastica e indottrinamento politico negli anni del fascismo". Geschichte und Region / Storia e Regione (in Italian). 13 (1): 141–168. ISSN 1121-0303.