Mulheres da elite Alagoana da década de 1860: “ser traiçoeira por execellencia, orgulhosa por devoção”

Abstract

Our work has as its central theme the Alagoas women of the 1860s. We initially analyzed some customs during the colonial period, such as the dressing of female behavior done by the Church together with medicine. The family was also responsible for the girls to have a good education and to guarantee a good marriage. Our work is followed by analysis in the periodicals Diário das Alagoas and, O Beija Flor, periodicals from the 1860s. These periodicals bring advertisements for stores aimed at the female audience, for women who had good financial conditions. The Beija Flor, which has a literary bias, is aimed at romanticism, with poetry and columns that adorn the feminine imaginary of the nineteenth century. We conclude our work with the analyzes of these newspapers, and with the construction of the women of the Alagoas elite.