Arquivo da ditadura: fonte para o estudo da condição feminina. Maria Nilde Mascellani no fundo SNI

Abstract

Objectives:Identify the documentary sources in the SNI fund that mention Maria Nilde Mascellaniand analyze the content of the documents, available in the SIAN database of the National Archive (AN) and in the archives of the São Paulo State Archive (APESP) seeking to reconstitute the main facts that made Maria Nilde Mascellania case study of the female condition during the civil-military dictatorship. Methodology:the search term: “Maria Nilde Mascellani” was used in the SIAN (AN) fund called “V8 Fund/Collection —National Information Service”, and in the APESP -DEOPS fund the search term: “Maria Nilde Mascellani”, to retrieve dossiers related to educator. Results:Maria Nilde Mascellani, a libertarian in her time, became the protagonist of history in her actions against the impositions of the dictatorial government and, for this reason, was the target of acute persecution by the information service and the political police. Conclusions:it is possible to rescue the importance of the female figure from documentary sources and demonstrate how she is portrayed in these documents.