Memory and history of the Women's Movement of Vitória da Conquista: emergence and influences

Abstract

This scientific paper is part of a bigger research about memory and history of emergence of the Women's Movement in Vitória da Conquista city, under the influence of Feminism and Women's Movement in Brazil. This was also the topic discussed in the Master thesis: “Memory and willingness to tell: the Women's Movement in Vitória da Conquista city”, defended in the Postgraduate Degree in Memory, Language and Society, at the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB). Rescuing the history of emergence of the Women's Movement in our municipality, starting from influences of national Women's Movement is the aim of this paper. Therefore, this is a work of theoretical and descriptive approach and for a better understanding of the theme, wehave dialogued with important authors who have researched or are researchingabout the female theme, especially those ones focused on feminist and women's movements, such as Soares (1994,1995), Costa (1997,1998), Pinto (2003), Teles (1999,2006), in addition to written and digitized material, such as legislation, minutes, newspapers, scientific articles, dissertations and theses.