Female Portraits in the 19th Century through the Press: A Palavra: A Literary Magazine Devoted to the Instruction and Recreation of Women (1891–1897)
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This study aims to examine the instruction of women in A Palavra: Literary Magazine Dedicated to the Instruction and Recreation of Women, published between 1891 and 1897. It considers the social role of women during that period and investigates how the female readership was educated through the press. The methodology adopted includes a documentary analysis of the magazine’s issues, available in the digital archives of the official website of the National Digital Library of Brazil, as well as a bibliographic review of related literature. The research is grounded in the works of scholars such as Floresta (1989), Vaquinhas (1997), Cunha (2014), and Del Priore (2020), among others, in order to provide context and support the analysis. A specific section of the magazine titled A Mulher (The Woman) proved to be particularly rich in relevant content, revealing the conditions in which women often lived, positions of subordination and inferiority to the men in their families.
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