Mulheres comunistas: Alina Paim e Jacinta Passos (1944-1956)

Abstract

The presente research aims to bring a discussion about the female militancy of the Partido Comunista do Brasil - PCB (Communist Party of Brazil). The aim is to show, through the analysis of the consulted sources, mainly the periodicals as A Classe Operária and Imprensa Popular, as well as the historiographical debate raised, how those women acted inside the party, which spaces were occupied by them and what the PCB's view on female militancy. We will discuss the militancy experience of the novelist Alina Paim and the poet Jacinta Passos in order to understand how their professional careers and the political engagement of each one relate. The choice of the chronological clipping (1944-1956) is justified because it is the period in which both trajectories are active in the ranks of the party and also because there were years that brought important events to the struggle of women, such as the foundation of the Instituto Feminino do Serviço Construtivo - IFSC (Feminine Institute of the Constructive Service) in 1946, created to serve as a link between women's associations across the country, and the creation in 1949 of the Federação de Mulheres do Brasil - FMB (Federation of Women of Brazil) remained active for 7 years. The non-partisan organization had the communists as its main protagonists, who played an important role in its development. Finally, we will try to understand the factors that led to the silencing and/or forgetting of women in PCB memory books and in historiography