Female vocational school for poor girls according to the brazilian press, 1889 – 1930

Abstract

This research tells about female vocational school in the press. The premise of the investigation is that the binomial citizenship-education made possible the right to vote for women in Rio Grande do Norte. The methodology followed theoretical references of the dialectical historical method. The sources of study include messages from state governors, speeches delivered, educational legislation, and the press. The analysis of these sources followed a theoretical-methodological and dialectical reference. The results point to the articulation between the professional preparation of the female school and the female suffrage in Rio Grande do Norte, with emphasis on the Domestic School and the change of the female office.