Laura Marani Argnani

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Laura Marani Argnani (1865-1955), was an Italian politician of the National Fascist Party (PNF).

She was the leader of the local branch of the Fasci Femminili in Reggio Emilia 1929-1940, and expanded her branch of the organization to the biggest in Italy. [1]

In 1930, the national leadership of the Fascist women's organization, the Fasci Femminili, was left vacant after Angiola Moretti. There were only leaders of the local branches until the national oversight committee was established in 1937, in which Clara Franceschini and Giuditta Stelluti Scala Frascara were appointed as inspectors by Achille Starace in a shared leadership position, followed in 1938 by an additional four: Wanda Bruschi Gorjux, Laura Marani Argnani, Teresita Menzinger Ruata and Olga Medici del Vascello. [2] To be a member of the Fasci Femminili, or the women's groups under its umbrella, was the only way for a woman to be a part of the Fascist Party, which otherwise excluded women from all formal positions within the party.

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References

  1. Willson, Perry. “The Fairytale Witch: Laura Marani Argnani and the Fasci Femminili of Reggio Emilia, 1929-1940.” Contemporary European History, vol. 15, no. 1, 2006, pp. 23–42. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20081293. Accessed 29 July 2023.
  2. de Grazia, V. (1992). How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922–1945. USA: University of California Press.