Life in Fascist Italy
Women
Cultural Policies
Economic Policies
Children & Education
Religious education was compulsory. This was to gain support from the Roman Catholic Church as many Italians were religious.
Force
Blackshirts: They had an iron rule in Italy, but it was not as influential as Germany.
OVRA-secret police
Not as effective as the Gestapo as only 10 out of 4,000 people were sentenced to death after being captured.
Youth Programs
Boys were trained to become strong and fight for the glory of Italy.
Girls were trained to become good mothers and produce population.
Schools
Classes focused on the great days of Italy starting from the March on Rome.
Male groups included Sons of the She Wolf and Balilla.
Battle of the Births
Women were encouraged to have children. The target was 5 children. The increase in birth was to justify imperialism.
It was a failure, the birth rate did not increase as much as Mussolini wanted to.
Banned abortion and birth control.
No taxes after 6 children and medal from Mussolini after 14 children.
Company After Work Clubs
Catered to welfare and consumer needs. Offers members household goods and entertainment opportunities.
Autarky-produce everything that is needed. It was largely unsuccessful.
Battle for Lira
Battle for Land
Raised the exchange rate.
Caused import prices to go up, causing domestic goods to be more popular with Italians.
Reduce inflation.
Catholic Church
Religious education in schools.
Help the Battle for Grain as it tries to increase the amount of land for farming.
Censorship
The press was censored.