Abstract

CARVALHO, Scarlett O’hara Costa; FIALHO, Lia Machado Fiuza  and  LIMA, Ana Michele da Silva. Sister Maria Montenegro as school manager: from elitist schooling to the education of the poor in Ceará (1969-1987). Acta Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.43, e55406.  Epub Nov 29, 2021. ISSN 2178-5201.  https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v43i1.55406.

The object of this study is the biography of Maria Lúcia de Sousa Montenegro, she became known socially as Sister Maria Montenegro, a nun who dedicated more than 60 years of her life to education, exercising the functions of teacher, educational counselor and director. The objective was to understand the professional performance of Sister Maria Montenegro as a manager in the educational scenario of the second half of the 20th century, in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará (1969-1987). The study is supported theoretically on Cultural History, by developing a research of the biographical type that used Oral History as a methodology. The thematic interviews, conducted with five collaborators, were recorded, transcribed, textualized and validated, then interwoven with documentary sources - books, newspapers, biographical record, curriculum vitae. The results showed that Sister Maria finished primary education in a school group in the city of Quixadá, central hinterland of Ceará and then moved to the capital to take the normal course at Colégio Justiniano de Serpa. At the age of 19, she entered the religious life, becoming a Sister of Charity and dedicating herself to instructing young women of the society's elite, as a teacher and director of the Colégio da Immaculada Conceição. He used his prestige and social recognition to then dedicate himself to the education of the poor in public schools Cristo Redentor and Patronato Sagrada Família, located on the outskirts of the capital. Sister Maria Montenegro won prizes and honors, however, her memory did not win due preservation, even though it crosses the history of Ceará's education, allowing a better understanding of it.

Keywords : history of education; biography; Maria Lúcia de Sousa Montenegro; nun; education of women.

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