LEADER 04505oam 2200601I 450 001 9910464239603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-367-08779-0 010 $a1-136-49697-1 010 $a1-315-01609-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315016092 035 $a(CKB)2670000000518639 035 $a(EBL)1619090 035 $a(OCoLC)437084710 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1619090 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1619090 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10836772 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL573507 035 $a(OCoLC)870226907 035 $a(OCoLC)1000426702 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000518639 100 $a20180331d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPeasant women and politics in Fascist Italy $ethe Massaie rurali /$fPerry Willson 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-86644-8 311 $a0-415-29171-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Glossary of Italian terms and organizations; Map of Italy; Introduction; The Sezione Massaie Rurali dei Fasci Femminili; Notes; 1.Peasant women, the rural world and the Fasci Femminili; The ruralization campaign andfascist agricultural policy; The role ofwomen in agriculture; The Fasci Femminili and rural questions; Notes; 2.Ladies in the field: women's farm education, the Unionedelle Massaie della Campagna and Domus Rustica; Agricultural education in Italy before 1933 327 $aWomen's agricultural educationThe Unione delle Massaie delta Campagna; Domus rustica; Towards the future; Notes; 3.'An Extraordinary Thing': the National Fascist Federation of Massaie Rurali; Fascist unions; Regina Terruzzi; The National Fascist Federation of Massaie Rurali; L'azione delle massaie rurali; Activities of the FNFMR; Notes; 4. 'Going to the People': the Massaie Rurali section of the Fasci Femminili; 'Going to the People' - the political project; Structure; Funding; Organizers and peasants: class hierarchies reinforced; Notes 327 $a5.'Into Every Farmhouse and Cottage': propagandain printThe newspaper; Pamphlets and other occasional publications; The almanac and calendar; Delivering the message; Notes; 6.'Women with a Hundred Arms': the training programme; Rational agriculture; Competitions; Handouts; Rabbits and chickens; Intervening in the market; War, autarky and the nation; Training the trainers; Notes; 7.'At the Gates of Rome': the Sant'Alessio Training College; Aurelia Josz and the Niguarda school; The Sant'Alessio Teacher Training College; Training the Massaie leaders; Beyond training; Notes 327 $a8.A Dopolavoro for rural women? radio, film and folkloreWelfare and leisure; Getting out; Film; Radio; North and South; Notes; 9.Recruiting for the nation: Why did three million jointhe Massaie Rurali?; Who joined?; Regional differences; The Church; Reggio Emilia; The South; Future voters; Notes; Epilogue; 1943-5; Modernization?; Political legacy; The Coldiretti; The UMC and the Coldiretti; Donne Rurali; Notes; Index 330 $aPeasant women were the largest female occupational group in Italy between the wars. They led lives characterised by great poverty and heavy workloads, but Fascist propaganda extolled them as the mothers of the nation and the guardians of the rural worlds, the most praiseworthy of Italian women.This study is the first published history of the Massaie Rurali, the Fascist Party's section for peasant women, which, with three million members by 1943, became one of the largest of the regime's mass mobilizing organizations. The section played a key role in such core fascist campaigns as 606 $aWomen peasants$xPolitical activity$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aFascism and women$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen peasants$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aFascism and women$xHistory 676 $a324.245/02 700 $aWillson$b Perry R.$0475031 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464239603321 996 $aPeasant women and politics in fascist Italy$91237050 997 $aUNINA