Nice Figueiredo, Momento Feminino and the feminist debate in Brazil

Abstract

In the article, our intention is to analyze part of the discourse of the feminist lawyer Nice Figueiredo, included in the newspaper Momento Feminino, organized and directed by women linked to the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB). Nice Figueiredo was responsible for the column entitled "Women's Rights" from 1947 to 1950. At the time, she published articles in defense of the modification of the Brazilian Civil Code in force in the period, which restricted the rights of married women, especially in the field of paid work. By calling for more freedoms for women, especially married women, the lawyer criticized sociocultural gender patterns, calling into question current naturalizations about masculinity and femininity. The following lines, have as purpose to demonstrate the feminist reflections of Nice Figueiredo between 1947 and 1949, period in which its performance like columnist was more expressive. We will not fail to point out the tension points with the editorial of Momento Feminino. The analysis is part of a broader reflection developed in the doctoral research whose main objective is to highlight, mainly from the movement developed by the PCB women, the feminist performance in Brazil before the 1970s, known as the decade of feminism.