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The War Is for the Brave Ones: Brazilian Women Preparing for the Great War
Author(s) -
Rocha Elaine P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
peace and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1468-0130
pISSN - 0149-0508
DOI - 10.1111/pech.12122
Subject(s) - suffrage , politics , political science , spanish civil war , gender studies , world war ii , sociology , law
This article discusses the views of Brazilian women on the country's participation in the First World War. Brazil joined the Allied side in 1917; however, the debate about Brazilian participation in the war occurred at the same time as several political and social disturbances, including struggle for women's rights and for female suffrage—of which Leolinda Daltro was an active leader in Rio de Janeiro. The debate on the war presented for Daltro another opportunity to defend publicly her ideas about gender equality and Brazilian external politics.