“Deus, pátria e família” em Porto Velho-RO: a representação feminina nas páginas do jornal “Alto Madeira” (1920-1930)

Abstract

In the early decades of the 20th century, Brazil, a young republic, was going through a whirlwind of political, economic and social changes. Not only Brazil, but the post- World War I Western world was also being shaken by profound changes. It is in this context that we will visit the pages of the Alto Madeira newspaper in a small town in the interior of the Amazon, Porto Velho, to analyze the newspaper's political discourse regarding women. This discourse was heavily influenced by fascism and aligned with the nationalist values of Getúlio Vargas' government. From a methodological point of view, this study used bibliographical and documentary research to problematize the representations of women present in the Alto Madeira newspaper. The work demonstrates the feminist struggle for female protagonism in Brazil, which was widely rejected by conservative groups who saw women's autonomy as a subversion of the order and a danger to future generations, thus compromising the Vargas national project. With a compilation of journalistic excerpts, the work shows that the Alto Madeira newspaper sought to combat and subvert feminist agendas. Using religious, moral, fascist and nationalist values, it propagated in its pages behavior and control over the bodies of women from Porto Velho, and the maintenance of women in private space. “God, Country and Family” echoed in the lines of the newspaper Alto Madeira.