Entre bordados, cadernos e orações : a educação de meninas e as práticas educativas no orfanato de São Cristóvão e na escola da Imaculada Conceição (1922-1969)

Abstract

This paper discusses the education women in the catholic institutions São Cristóvão Orphanage and Imaculada Conceição School. The São Cristóvão Orphanage was founded in 1911 and aimed to accommodate abandoned girls, in 1922 due to the necessity to start a school, the institution received the Irmãs Missionárias da Imaculada Conceição da Mãe de Deus that come with the intention to manage both institutions. Its main objective was to investigate the educational practices developed in these institutions during the period 1922 to 1969, represented by two moments of great significance: the arrival of religious missionaries and change in the name of the institution that moved from São Cristóvão Orphanage to Lar da Imaculada Conceição . The paper investigate the school culture in the teaching women catholic over 47 years, based on documents produced by the institution itself, in the Instituto Histórico Geográfico de Sergipe de Sergipe (IHGS), in Arquivo Público de Sergipe (APES), Arquivo das Províncias Religiosas de Santa Cruz das Irmãs Missionárias da Imaculada Conceição da Mãe de Deus and Santo Antônio do Brasil dos Frades menores Franciscanos and in the memories of ex-boarders, ex-teachers and religious.