TAVARES, T. N.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1508798604125260; TAVAERES, Tânia do Nascimento.
Abstract:
This study aims to contextualize the intersections in female participation in Campina Grande-
PB politics, investigating how this participation was constructed, conceived and legitimized
amid practices and representations of power, considering social markers, such as gender, race
and class. The analyzes focus on two women who worked in different contexts: one, daughter
of a large landowner, updated by the politician Argemiro de Figueiredo, in a period marked by
coronelist culture; the other, a black, feminist, anti-racist woman, from a less privileged social
background, affiliated with a left-wing party and without ties to elitist families. In this study,
we explore female participation in local politics, considering the social interactions that shape
relationships and impact people's lives. Methodologically, we established a comparative
analysis between Maria Dulce Barbosa, the first woman elected councilor in 1947, and Josilene
Maria de Oliveira, the first black woman to hold a position in the Legislative Chamber, 73 years
later. Our theoretical framework includes works by Carla Akotirene and Lélia Gonzalez for an
approach to intersectionality; Maurice Halbwachs, who discusses social memory; and the
contributions of Joana Pedro (2005), focusing on the cultural construction of gender roles. For
a local political analysis, we use the works of Josué Sylvestre, who explores the period from
1947 to 1953, and Sousa (2005), who studies the lives of women in the streets and suburbs of
Campina Grande in the 1930s and 1940s. Additionally , we integrated oral history, specifically
Josilene Maria de Oliveira's conference in 2020, which offers a unique insight into her
experience as a black woman in politics.
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