Battle for Births
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Battle for Births was a Fascist Italian population campaign under Mussolini aimed at dramatically increasing the birth rate to strengthen the nation’s military and imperial power.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fascist campaign
ⓘ
demographic campaign ⓘ population policy ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| discouragedRoleOfWomen | paid employment outside the home ⓘ |
| endTime | 1943 ⓘ |
| goal |
increase Italian birth rate
ⓘ
increase population to 60 million Italians ⓘ strengthen military power of Italy ⓘ support Italian imperial expansion ⓘ |
| government |
Fascist Italy
ⓘ
surface form:
Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini
|
| historicalContext | preparation for war and empire-building ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis |
militarism
ⓘ
patriarchal gender roles ⓘ pronatalist ideology ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Fascist Party organizations
ⓘ
Italian state bureaucracy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | contemporary European pronatalist policies ⓘ |
| justification |
need for soldiers
ⓘ
need for workers for industrialization ⓘ |
| leader | Benito Mussolini ⓘ |
| location | Italy ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
liberal and socialist critics
ⓘ
some feminists ⓘ |
| partOf | social policies of Fascist Italy ⓘ |
| policyTool |
family allowances
ⓘ
financial incentives for large families ⓘ marriage loans ⓘ promotion of early marriage ⓘ propaganda encouraging large families ⓘ restrictions on abortion ⓘ restrictions on contraception ⓘ tax penalties for bachelors ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
Fascism
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Fascism
|
| promotedRoleOfWomen | mothers of many children ⓘ |
| propagandaMedium |
posters
ⓘ
press campaigns ⓘ public speeches ⓘ |
| relatedCampaign |
Battle for Grain
ⓘ
Battle for Land ⓘ Battle for the Lira ⓘ |
| result |
did not achieve target population of 60 million
ⓘ
limited success in raising birth rate ⓘ |
| slogan | “Number is power” ⓘ |
| startTime | 1927 ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
Italian women
ⓘ
bachelors ⓘ married couples ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
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