OBJECT: implications of patriotic and religious rituals to the consecration of identity of nurses, in the context of Spanish and Brazilian dictatorships. OBJECTIVES: to describe the implications of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco and Getulio Vargas in gender relations; analyze the effectiveness of symbolic religious and patriotic rituals to the social recognition of nurses. METHODOLOGY: the historical sources, made of written documents, have been localized into Spanish and Brazilian archives. The findings were organized, sorted and analyzed according to the historical method and with the support of theoretical studies of Pierre Bourdieu. RESULTS: the need for nurses, in Brazil and in Spain, allowed the public exercise of women's activities, especially in situations of wars and disasters, thus contributing to the visibility of a model nurse backed patriotic and religious aspects.
Nursing; History of Nursing; Badges and Insignias