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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Willson, Perry
• Sierra, María

Titel

A ‘Shining Example of Fascist Womanhood’: Angiola Moretti 1925–1943

Ist Teil von

• European history quarterly, 2022-10, Vol.52 (4), p.744-767

Ort / Verlag

London, England: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article examines the political career of Angiola Moretti who was, from 1926 to 1930, the National Secretary of the Fasci Femminili – the women's section of the Italian Fascist Party. Despite her prominent role, this female hierarch has never, to date, been studied by historians. The article investigates how she came to be appointed to this high-ranking position and her subsequent role and career in the Fascist Party, including her eventual nomination in the late 1930s to the rank of Ispettrice Nazionale del PNF. The story of Angiola Moretti's somewhat improbable career is used as a lens to explore the murky world of the Fascist ‘court’ in Rome and its gender politics.