This study presents an analysis of the conditions of women/nurses in the articles published by REBEn (Brazilian Journal of Nursing) in the 1980's and 1990's. Initially, the researcher intended to analyze specifically those articles which had some reference to gender. However, in the beginnings of the 1980's, some articles pointed in the direction of the social problems involving women and the implication of these problems to nurses, without making explicit reference to gender category. Thus, the author decided to evaluate abstracts and the content of different articles, in order to detect those which were related to the subject of investigation. Eleven articles and two thematic editorials selected show that REBEn, although timidly, is a magazine which is updated regarding decisive moments of women's worldwide movement.
women studies; gender; history of nursing; feminism