A narrativa do pioneirismo de Virgilina de Souza Salles: feminismo e imprensa na Primeira República (1915-1930)

Abstract

Virgilina de Souza Salles idealized and created the magazines A Luta Moderna (“The Modern Fight”) (1914 – 1915) and Revista Feminina (“Feminine Magazine”) (1915 – 1936), that were both published in São Paulo and were distributed trough Brazil. With Virgilina’s passing in 1918, the Revista Feminina becomes headed by João Salles (her husband), Avelina Salles (her daughter) and Cláudio de Souza (her brother). From this moment onwards, we notice the beginning of the creation of a narrative that aims to present Virgilina Salles as a pioneer to the feminist movement in Brazil. Through a series of articles published over many years, they aimed to highlight her role in bringing new discussions about the theme to the Brazilian readers. This article aims to analyze that narrative created and published by the Revista Feminina, as well as to present a contextualization about how this position interacted with the debates of the first decades of the 20^th century about the feminist movement and the roles of women in society. Trough this article, we aim to contribute in the historical debate about the feminist movement in Brazil and its action.