Curitiba, the 40s. Female catholic schools of the city were still organizing themselves in order to normal school foundation as an offer of professional teaching, in high school level, to women of the time. In the 1940s and 50s, teaching was top to young women professional formation, mainly in Institute of Education of Paraná (ancient Normal School). But being "normalista" (i.e. undergraduate teacher) would not be the only alternative to women at the period. In 1942, São José Trade Institute (right after, São José Technical School, 1944) was founded. That was the first educative project of professional teaching, high school level, of the Sisters of São José in Paraná, who already developed activities in other Paraná localities. In the city, during the 1940/50s that was the only catholic education establishment for young women formation in technical area of trade. The School graduated almost 300 young women along the focused period (1942-1955), in order to work in commerce as office auxiliaries and accountants. The present work presents, not deeply, some motivations that worked to those young women develop their studies in trade area and not in teaching, and how such learning generally adapted to men could be developed in a female catholic school.
education history; female education; professional education; trade education; catholic education
