Abstract
Starting from the political and scientific proposals that guided the institutional paths of the first Brazilian republic, two interrelated issues were projected in this research: to rescue the basic ideas related to education and instruction of Brazilian women, who became institutionalized in Rio de Janeiro; and to understand the different degrees of adherence of this pedagogical ideology to the normative, hygienic and eugenic formulations that have shaped the hegemonic discourse in the period.
History of Women; Eugenic; Hygienic; First Brazilian Republic