“THE CULTURED WOMAN HAS MORE POSSIBILITIES FOR A BETTER LIFE”: presence and interaction of women in law schools, pharmacy and dentistry in Maranhão (1940-1970).

Abstract

Abstract: The beginning of the twentieth century marks the establishment of the isolated colleges in Maranhão. These higher education schools were consecrated as a mostly male space and from the 1940s a greater female presence in higher education, creating a milestone of greater female participation and interaction between 1940 and 1970. In this sense, this paper seeks to write the history of higher education in Maranhão with emphasis on the analysis of female presence, as students and teachers, highlighting the spaces they occupied, their actions, conflicts involving gender issues and power disputes through education. This research aims to understand the organization, process and insertion of women in higher education, being the university a space of education, instruction and power, with emphasis on the first three courses founded in Maranhão - Dentistry, Pharmacy and Law.

 Keywords: Women. University Education. Maranhão.