História e memória da educação feminina no colégio Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora em Sousa-PB(1958-1980).

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the history of the “ColégioNossaSenhoraAuxiliadora” (CNSA), which is a school located in Sousa, PB – Brazil, and some of its students' memories as a moment of reflection of their experiences regarding discipline and their daily lives as students. The analyzed timeline comprehend the years from 1958 to 1980. As stated in the CNSA‟s statute, the institution is religiously based and it is inspired by the solidarity and freedom Catholic principles, where the school prepares students for exercising their rights as citizens and for the job market as well. Through a Foucauldian analysis, the institution is studied as a disciplinary site, where the faculty approach towards the students‟ educational and personal formation is identified. The influence of the Catholic Church and its moral principles marked the school‟s disciplinary reality. This paper also objectives to contribute to the History of Women in Education in the city of Sousa, as well as in the State of Paraíba, besides the presence of women as teachers. To give theoretical and methodological support to this paper, it was founded on cultural history data, memories, oral history data, photos, the school‟s commemorative magazine, and the school‟s statute, besides bibliographic sources and local literary sources; the paper also had the statement of the former principal and two former students as support. These people view the institution as a site of educational foundation as well as a religious foundation, where these two pillars work together through educational, religious and cultural activities. They see the school with gratitude, and they understand that the imposed rules represented a way of respect with the school‟s nuns towards what their families and society sought to follow.