Resumo

RIBEIRO, Betânia de Oliveira Laterza; SILVA, Elizabeth Farias da  e  MEDEIROS, Lucia Helena de Oliveira. Funding for women’s education: the case of Escola Profissional Feminina in Belo Horizonte city (1919-30). Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.20, e033.  Epub 29-Jan-2022. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v20-2021-33.

This study focuses on public funds granted to Escola Professional Feminina, a vocational school for women in Belo Horizonte city during the years 1928-30. Its starting point was the following question: what arguments would Benjamin Flores have presented to convince Minas Gerais government to grant subventions to his school? The study aimed to analyze conditions and actions associated with the subsidy grant. Linked to the history of education in general and to history of school institutions in particular, the research drew on newspapers and magazines, manuscripts, typed texts, and photographs. Analysis results indicate Benjamin Flores was able to gather a set of personal attributes (as citizen, public agent, teacher, school owner) that praised him and gave credibility to back up his projects. In his career from postal civil servant to school owner, he was able to stand out in Belo Horizonte society so that the government would bet on his school as important project for the city.

Palavras-chave : Benjamin Flores; Public funds; Minas Gerais government.

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