GÊNERO E POLÍTICA: conquista e repercussão do voto feminino no Maranhão (1900-1934)

Abstract

This article has as objective to analyze the conquest of the feminine vote in the Maranhão, as well as the participation of the maranhenses, as voters and candidates, in the elections of 1933 and 1934. It is distinguished the process of fight for the feminine suffrage in Rio de Janeiro, capital of the country and center of the brazilian sufragista movement, emphasizing the participation of the organizations feminists. In the Maranhão we will analyze the participation of the society in the conquest of the feminine suffrage and the form as the maranhenses had folloied the fight process that occurred with more intensity in other regions of the country. Through research in maranhenses periodicals we will debate the participation of the maranhenses that had not been omissive in the victorious fight for the feminine suffrage in 1932.