“Recebi um diploma, realizei um sonho...”: a presença feminina na educação de adultos em Januária (Minas Gerais 1970-1990)

Abstract

This paper discusses public access and permanence in formal education of women of the lower classes derived leading a double or even triple daily working hours. This study was conducted in the city of Januária (MG) and the analysis period comprising 1970 to 1990, focusing on adult education including MOBRAL, GED and adult education. In this sense , from analyzes of gender relations , the objectives ( characteristics and living conditions ) and subjective factors ( motivations , interests and perspectives ) that influenced access , continuity / discontinuity of these women in adult education courses , in addition to understanding as schooling contributed to their lives . These women were responsible for housework and the care of children, and occupation engaged to compose the family income and attending courses at night. From questions about the motivations of women to return to school banks can realize a range of different positions: for some the return was due to the need to help the children, to others a possibility of improvement in the material conditions of life for through better placement for others wanting to learn, not to be considered illiterate, could " read the lyrics." Noting that although the reasons are many, largely what becomes in unison is the need of feeling embedded in a social context which excluded when these occupy only the domestic sphere. As a conceptual basis, we have chosen the Genre category, while historical and relational category always dialoguing with the Education category. Were privileged in the analysis of the Genre, especially studies that address the relations of domination, bondage and resistance between the male and female subjects in the segments of the domestic work, unpaid work and education. The research material comprises the historical archives - main school which offered these modalities; bibliographies about the topic, and oral history interviews that allowed the analysis of life histories. In empirical research, proper, and semi - structured interviews were conducted with twenty women aged between 68 and 85 years.