«Infermiere dell’anima». Madrine del soldato o di guerra e altre forme di maternage nel I e nel II conflitto mondiale

Carmen Betti

doi:10.48219/1376

«Nurses of the Soul» Soldier’s mothers, war godmothers and other forms of maternage in World War I and II

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Published

2025-06-11

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2025): History of Education & Children’s Literature

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Essays and Researches / Saggi e Ricerche

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48219/1376

Authors

Carmen Betti University of Florence (Italy)

Keywords:

First World War; Second World War; Soldier’s godmother; Correspondence; Emancipation press; «La donna»; XX Century

Abstract

The paper deals with the figure of the soldier’s godmother, better known
as the war godmother, and it considers how she appears in Italy. The history of the war
godmother is analysed within the broader, general framework of the moral and material
contribution played by women during XX century conflicts from World War I. This paper
aims also at unlocking a new historical-educative researching topic.