Education women from the Brazilian Constitutions (1824–1988)

Abstract

Women's education in Brazil has undergone transformations that have accompanied the social demands and ideologies that permeated the Brazilian mentality in each political period. Between 1824 and 1988, the years of the first and last constitutions, there were various political projects aimed at institutionalizing women's education and establishing guidelines for its provision and guarantee. In this article we aim to identify how Brazilian legislation and the discussions surrounding it can help us understand women's education and, consequently, their education in the country. By associating the History of Education with the History of Women in Brazil, theorists helped with the analysis and interpretations: Cury (2014), Faria Filho (1998), Hobsbawm e Ranger (1997) and Perrot (2019).The methodology employed combined bibliographical and documentary research, revealing the constitutional possibilities resulting from social demands spearheaded by women and men sensitive to their causes. The research made it possible to understand that women's schooling started from an education aimed at the home to the construction of an education whose premise is the need to be emancipatory, plural and democratic. This understanding brings us back to the legal transformations, albeit slow, which have expanded the provision of education for women and resulted in their training and greater participation in public and power spaces.