The objective of the present study is to dimension the Brazilian Red Cross, Branch of the State of São Paulo's visibility in the written media during the period of 1916-1930 . The objectives were to describe and analyze its visibility within the written media and to discuss the effects of the symbolic belief of the Brazilian Red Cross Society. Documents for analysis derived from a portfolio found in the Historical, Cultural Center for Iberian-American Nursing, of the University of São Paulo, School of Nursing. Results were analyzed based on Pierre Bourdieu's concepts which indicate a symbolic belief circle, when 1089 news were published in the national and international press. In this sense, for each publication of news about the Brazilian Red Cross, this disseminated to the central board and consequently to the International Red Cross.
Nursing; Press; Nursing history
