ABSTRACT
The early years of the Twentieth Century have seen a periodical press that demanded greater rights, education and voting for women. This press release was influenced by the international press that ran in the country at sufficient and affordable prices. Magazines and newspapers came mainly from the United States and Europe at that time; both places were shaken by the times of war and the movements of feminism at the time. Periodicals of longer or shorter duration occasionally reflected on ideas about the role of women in society, though there was not always unanimity in their ideology and representation of the female role. With their approval, the expectations of intellectualized segments of Brazilian society began, especially in the larger cities of the country, concerning the women's task as the educators of children and their destiny of motherhood. The research issue is related to the magazines that emerged in the dawn of the century until the forties, selected as sources yet unexplored, given its rarity. Our approach turns to the concepts of the history of education, women’s history, gender studies and press studies.
Keywords:
Periodical Press; Teaching; Education; Gender; Feminism; Micro-History.