As mulheres sangram : processos de industrialização e urbanização em Aracaju e as relações de trabalho entre 1940–1950

Abstract

This article presents a historical analysis of the process of industrialization and urbanization in Aracaju between the 1940s and 1950s, with a focus on the rights of women formally inserted into the labor market during this period. Based on labor lawsuits, the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT), and previous legislation, we examine how women claimed their rights. The phrase “women bleed” is used metaphorically to illustrate how they were exploited through low wages, exhausting work hours, and employer strategies that weakened legal protections. Drawing from court cases and records of the Regional Labor Court (TRT) of the 20th Region of Sergipe, we demonstrate that, despite labor protection laws — and later the CLT — employers often circumvented them, forcing workers into costly and unequal legal battles. These challenges disproportionately affected women due to the specific exclusions and rights violations they faced because of their gender.