Giovani Italiane
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Giovani Italiane was a party organization of the Italian National Fascist Party (PNF) for girls between the ages of 14 and 18. It was the equivalent of the Avanguardista for boys.
The National Fascist Party had a number of party organizations for citizens of different sexes, ages and professions in order to control and indoctrinate the citizens. Girls were first enrolled in the Piccole Italiane for girls between the age of 8 and 14; the progressed to the Giovani Italiane for girls aged 14–18; after which they became member of the Giovane Fasciste, which was a party organization for both men and women aged 18 to 21 - after this, women were finally transeferred to the women's organization Fasci Femminili (FF) for women over the age of 21, which was in turn divided in to several different organizations.[1] All these organizations were technically under the command of the FF.
The combined membership of Piccole and Giovani in 1931-1932 was over 740 thousand, three times more than the competing Unione femminile cattolica italiana.[1]
The girls of the Giovani Italiane wore a uniform consisting of a long black skirt, a black baretta, and a white blouse decorated with the fascist sign and a grade mark on the shoulder of the sleeve.