História das mulheres no Ceará

Gleidiane de Sousa  Ferreira; Edvanir Maia da Silveira; Telma Bessa Sales; Viviane Prado Bezerra

doi:10.35260/54212939-2026

History of Women in Ceará

Authors

Gleidiane de Sousa Ferreira (ed)

Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UEVA)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2529-7993

Edvanir Maia da Silveira (ed)

Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0347-2738

Telma Bessa Sales (ed)

Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA)

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7064-0028

Viviane Prado Bezerra (ed)

Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7815-5040

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35260/54212939-2026

Keywords:

Women – Ceará – History, Social history – Ceará, Gender studies, Feminism Women – Social conditions

Synopsis

*História das Mulheres no Ceará* is a welcome addition to the field of historiography, masterfully highlighting the pivotal roles women played in shaping the state. Through rigorous, in-depth, and sensitive research, this collaborative work connects diverse life stories—spanning Indigenous women, *quilombolas*, factory workers, and resistance activists—who subverted patriarchal and colonial norms over the long term. More than just a seminal academic text, this volume serves as an urgent and indispensable manifesto for educators, researchers, and engaged readers alike. Allow yourself to rediscover Ceará’s past through an embodied, decolonial lens that challenges traditional narratives and restores women to their true and rightful place in history.

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Author Biographies

Gleidiane de Sousa Ferreira, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UEVA)

PhD in Cultural History (UFSC). Professor in the History program at Vale do Acaraú State University (UEVA). Leader of the History, Gender, and Latin America Study and Research Group (GEHGAL). Professor in the Graduate Program in History, Cultures, and Spatialities (PPGH/UECE).

Edvanir Maia da Silveira, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA)

Associate Professor of History at Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA). Holds a PhD in History from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Leader of the History and Political Culture Research Group. Researcher of political history in Republican-era Ceará.

Telma Bessa Sales, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA)

She holds a degree in History from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, as well as a master's degree and a doctorate in History from the same institution. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Évora, Portugal (2015). Her work focuses on the following themes: Brazil, social experiences, memory, culture, oral history, and industrial restructuring. She undertook a research internship at Sapienza University of Rome under the supervision of Professor Alessandro Portelli. She is a member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites in Ceará (ICOMOS-CE) and has been an Associate Professor of History at Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA) since 2011, where she serves as co-leader of the Oral History Research Group.

Viviane Prado Bezerra, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA)

Assistant Professor in the History Program at Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA). Holds a PhD in Social History from Fluminense Federal University (UFF). Leader of the Oral History Study and Research Group—*Memórias no Plural* (Memories in the Plural)—within the History Program at Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA/CNPq). Her research focuses on Social History, with an emphasis on social movements, the peasantry, women's history, oral history, and the history of education.