Educação de meninas na América portuguesa: das instituições de reclusão à vida em sociedade (séculos XVIII e início do XIX)

As it happened in Portugal, the education of girls in Portuguese America involved much more than learning the first letters. Based in documents of a normative nature, such as education treatises, study plans and manuals of good manners and civility we will try to reflect on the representations that society created regarding women and what they were expected to learn in order to better execute their chores and act in society