The world of work as a women’s formation space in the first decades of the 20th century

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to reflect on some possibilities of female education during the first three decades of the 20th century, through the gradual insertion of women in the universe of paid work outside the home. We opted for the documentary research methodology with qualitative analysis, investigating the archives of the newspaper Diário dos Campos, whose headquarters are in the city of Ponta Grossa – Paraná. It was observed that, concomitantly with the professions traditionally understood as suitable for women, the female gender also faced the challenges of entering into more daring occupations for them in this historical context. It is concluded that the newspaper Diário dos Campos promoted the circulation of several news and reports that signaled the opportunities of female education pervaded by the world of work, enabling not only professional but also social and human formation.