Banca de DEFESA: CAROLINY DOS SANTOS MARINHO

Grupo Mulher Maravilha: the strength of women from new discovery/Recife in times of redemocratization

Wonder Woman Group; Female resistance; Nova Descoberta/Recife.

This work aims to analyze the actions and contributions of the Wonder Woman Group (GMM), between the years 1975 to 1988, for the redemocratization of Brazil, especially in the period of the National Constituent Assembly 1987-88. The Mulher Maravilha Group, located in the neighborhood of Nova Descoberta, Recife-PE, was officially founded in 1975 by women who did not conform to the situation of oppression they experienced on a daily basis, a reality that, at that time, reflected on the entire Brazilian people. Thus, this research is anchored in debates developed by historiography on civil-military dictatorship, redemocratization, social movements, urban peripheral movements, gender studies and feminist movements. From a theoretical-methodological point of view, this research is based on debates raised by researchers such as Joana Maria Pedro, Rachel Soihet, Rebecca Tarlau and Maria da Glória Gohn. With regard to the Wonder Woman Group, two external actors stand out that guided the creation and actions of the Group, the Catholic Church and clandestine organizations. Paulo Freire's educational pedagogy was also an important tool for the teaching-learning process and the collective construction of knowledge developed by the GMM. Thus, in order to meet the investigative proposal and the outlined objectives, this research used a qualitative approach using oral sources, from semi-structured interviews with women in the Group, in addition to documentary research, supported by materials found in the physical collection of the GMM. Thus, this research highlights the participation of women from the neighborhood of Nova Descoberta as actors of social articulations that sought the end of the civil-military dictatorship, the redemocratization of the country and the promulgation of a new Constitutional Charter that guaranteed civil, social and political rights. for women.