“MOTHER’S DAY” IN THE YEAR 1939 – OPPORTUNITY FOR CELEBRATION AND PROPAGANDA: OLT COUNTY
“MOTHER’S DAY” IN THE YEAR 1939 – OPPORTUNITY FOR CELEBRATION AND PROPAGANDA: OLT COUNTY

Summary/Abstract: “Mother’s Day” represented a festive and propagandistic episodeduring personal regime of King Carol II that can be fitted into the category of thecelebrations dedicated to creation, in population’s ranks, of a mentalityfavourable to increase of life’s quality, through propagation of some messagesthat targeted the concern for environmental, for human’s health and, especiallyfor the children’s. Reconstitution and analysis of the mentioned festive momentare focused on realities of 1939 on the Olt County level. The analysis of studieddocuments sustain the affirmation that: the celebration called “Mother’s Day”,beyond the declared purpose of stimulating the increase of birth rate andprevent the infantile mortality, offered, through his ceremony, the propagation ofKing Carol II’ image as architect of a new national solidarity.

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