Ines Donati

Ines Donati (8 June 1900 – 3 November 1924) was a political activist and a supporter of the first wave of Italy's Fascist movement.

Early years Ines Donati was the daughter of David Donati, a shoemaker, and Ludmilla Bertolli, a clockmaker. She was described as a short girl with dark hair. She was a nationalist supporter from a young age, during the World War I years, and became known as "La Capitana" (the Captain) and "La Patriottica" (the Patriot).

At age 18, Donati moved to Rome to pursue her education. where she studied Fine Arts. In Trastevere, she became involved in popular youth organizations such as Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani (CNGEI, National Corps of Young Italian Scouts and Guides), similar to the Scouting and Girl Guides organizations in the English-speaking countries. She also joined the Italian Nationalist Association, and the Gruppo Giovanile Ruggero Fauro (Ruggero Fauro Youth Group) established by the Italian nationalist and irredentist Ruggero Timeus. She was the only female member of the Rome Italian nationalist group "Sempre Pronti" (Always Ready).

She attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma with Piera Gatteschi Fondelli, both later enrolled in the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento on the same day.

During a 1920 labour strike by garbage collectors in Rome, Donati was one of two women (the other being Maria Rygier) who engaged in street cleaning. She also worked as a mail carrier and electrician during this period.

The following year, during the 1921 Italian General Election, Donati participated in the civil voluntary service and created propaganda for the Fascist national candidates. was beaten, the second attack that he suffered. The first planned target of the attack was Nicola Bombacci, one of the founders of the Communist Party of Italy. Arditi del Popolo in Trastevere, who spent 20 days in hospital as a result. Donati, although ill, took part in violent actions against strikers on August 5. With a paramilitary group, the squadrismo, nationalists, many coming from Central Italy, succeeded in occupying the city. Two strikers were killed, Amilcare Biancheria and Giuseppe Morelli.

On September 28, Donati took part in rescue operations after a gunpowder explosion destroyed several homes in Pitelli. After reaching Ancona, and possessing two pistols, she took a train to the capitol, and personally met Mussolini. The Fascists, according to their mentality, believed that woman should submit to man, in subjection and inferiority, and prohibited any political activity by women. Donati's body was exhumed on March 23, 1933, and reburied at the Chapel of Heroes at the Verano cemetery in Rome. and an icon of youth. The work was removed by the partisans in 1944, and rebuilt into a memorial to victims of all wars.