ABSTRACT
This article analyzes the involvement of nuns in movements of opposition and resistance to the Brazilian dictatorship. This reflection is motivated by the fact that most studies that discuss the relationship between the Church and dictatorship deal mainly with the actions of priests and bishops, relegating nuns to a secondary role and rarely discussing them in detail. This study aims to explore the role of nuns in the fight against dictatorship by looking at how popular newspapers of the time-especially those from 1967 and 1968-characterized their actions. Our intention is to explore the effective participation of nuns in marches and protests as well as the space of this participation in contemporary historiography. This article builds on Jacques Sémelin’s work on resistance and gender.
Keywords:
female religious life; nuns; Catholic Church; marches; dictatorship