Women writing and family archives: the missing history

Pedro Urbano

Women writing and family archives: the missing history

Instituto de História Contemporânea (IHC)

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Abstract

The history of womankind can only be properly explored by looking at the writings of women themselves. Because of this, family archives are essential to reconstruct women’s biographies historically, which frequently are unknown. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how family archives, and especially biographical writing, make it possible to learn more about the universe of women, in particular in nineteenth-century Portugal. Since most of the examples available concern the aristocracy of the time, some characteristics can be detected that deﬁ ne this writing and the social group it belongs to.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Recovered voices, newfound questions
Subtitle of host publication	Family archives and historical research
Editors	Maria de Lurdes Rosa, Rita Sampaio da Nóvoa, Alice Borges Gago, Maria João da Câmara
Place of Publication	Coimbra
Publisher	Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
Pages	287-298
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-989-26-1794-1
ISBN (Print)	978-989-26-1793-0
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	Arquivos de família & Investigação em História \| História Moderna - Lisboa, Portugal Duration: 13 Oct 2017 → …

Conference

Conference	Arquivos de família & Investigação em História \| História Moderna
Country	Portugal
City	Lisboa
Period	13/10/17 → …

Keywords

Women’s writing
Family archives
Aristocracy
History of women
History of nineteenth-century Portugal

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 - Gender Equality

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Escrita íntima: o diário da Condessa de Sabugosa e de Murça (1856-1952)
Pedro Urbano (Speaker)
16 Nov 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
As mulheres e a escrita
Pedro Urbano (Speaker)
7 Feb 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
O Projecto Women (e)go: nineteenth century Portuguese female self-writing
Pedro Urbano (Speaker)
14 Dec 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

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Women writing and family archives : the missing history. / Urbano, Pedro.

Recovered voices, newfound questions: Family archives and historical research. ed. / Maria de Lurdes Rosa; Rita Sampaio da Nóvoa; Alice Borges Gago; Maria João da Câmara. Coimbra : Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2019. p. 287-298.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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Women writing and family archives: the missing history

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Escrita íntima: o diário da Condessa de Sabugosa e de Murça (1856-1952)

As mulheres e a escrita

O Projecto Women (e)go: nineteenth century Portuguese female self-writing

Cite this