Abstract
This article discusses the feminization of Portuguese immigration to an Amazonian capital, Belém, between 1850 and 1930, from the perspective of feminist studies that take into account the categories of gender, sexuality and race. My objective is to analyze the experience of immigrant women through the flux of travel, work and domestic arrangements, questioning the notion of passivity and companionship attributed to them, as well as the naturalization and subordination of their work. I will conclude by pointing out that the hierarchy of gender and sexuality reinforces stereotypes that subordinate female immigration both in history and in historiography. In turn, the positive racialization of the white European woman's body was activated as a counterpoint to Brazilian women. Methodologically, I investigate different scales of microhistory, associating the study of social networks with quantitative analysis.
Feminization of immigration; Portuguese women; Amazon; Work; Domestic arrangements