ABSTRACT
The historical research on educational and school psychology in Brazil is still incipient when compared to the history of other fields of psychological knowledge. Biographic approaches, for example, are even scarcer. In order to contribute to fill the gap, this article presents historical elements of the trajectory of Eulália Henriques Maimone: teacher, pioneer and protagonist in the area of educational and school psychology in Minas Gerais (Triângulo Mineiro region), with his work at the Federal University of Uberlândia. This study relied upon oral history as methodology. The interviewee was the first educator of psychologists in educational and school psychology, in addition to founding the state representation of the Brazilian Association for School and Educational Psychology in the region. The first years of action, the challenges and the coping that she has undergone illustrate the recognition and creation of spaces for discussion and improvement of this area of psychology.
Keywords:
History of psychology; educational psychology; school psychology