Abstract

CARRARO, Mariana  and  HAYASHI, Maria Cristina Piumbato Innocentini. Women and education in the Brazilian League of Mental Hygiene and in the Brazilian Archives of Mental Hygiene (1925-1947). Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2024, vol.23, e2024-46.  Epub Mar 17, 2025. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v23-e2024-46.

The Brazilian League of Mental Hygiene (LBHM), founded in 1923 in Rio de Janeiro, was the most significant institution of the mental hygiene movement in Brazil. Its ideas and actions were widely publicized in its official publication, the magazine Arquivos Brasileiros de Higiene Mental (ABHM). This article analyzes the female participation in the League and in the ABHM published between 1925 and 1947, through the approaches of bibliometric and content analysis, and the role of women in the institution's hygienist project. It was found that women were a minority and received patriarchal and conservative treatment, but they were called upon to educate the new generations according to the precepts of hygiene. Since they were often denied the role of holders and spokespersons of scientific-hygiene knowledge, their role was to put into practice the instructions offered by men, since care was associated with the female identity of the mother, wife and educator.

Keywords : Liga Brasileira de Higiene Mental; Arquivos Brasileiros de Higiene Mental; Women; Hygienist Education.

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