Militância e resistência feminina em Pernambuco: o caso de Julia Santiago (1947- 1964)

Abstract

This article addresses the issue of female militancy and resistance in Pernambuco, focusing on the case of Julia Santiago with the objective of understanding the importance of feminist militancy and resistance in that State, starting from the history of Júlia Santiago, in order to recover the rights social and political equality. For the accomplishment of the study the exploratory and descriptive methods were used. The methodology was the bibliographical research in several sources of study and the crossing of the data with documents of the DOPS collection.. The results indicate that the resistance and feminist militancy during the period of the military regime was remarkable; the participation of the woman was present during the period of resistance, therefore, they even acted in the armed struggle with equal conditions with the men. Julia Santiago, a black political activist and Communist Party activist, dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of working women, workers in general, especially with regard to social security. She was persecuted, imprisoned several times for her trade union functions, in the class struggle and the communist party. Was elected as the first councilwoman of the city of Recife-PE, being the most voted. However, his mandate was canceled, along with other councilors also considered communists.