Between the mademoiselle and the miss in domestic schooling in Natal: traveling teachers in northeastern Brazil

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Abstract

The research discusses the representation of foreign traveling teachers in Domestic Schooling in Natal,
northeastern Brazil, in the 1910s and 1920s. It presents documentary sources from the National Libraries of
Brazil, Portugal and France. Analyzes the object in the light of categories of the historiography of education
and authors such as: Chartier (1990), De Certeau (1994; 1996), Douki; Minard (2007) and Rogers (1995;
2014; 2018). It highlights the significant exchange relationship between Brazil and other foreign institutions,
especially Normal Schools, for the arrival of teachers and the departure of Brazilian graduates from the
Domestic School of Natal to participate in training courses in Switzerland and Belgium. Among the main
profiles of teachers to work in domestic education are the following: mademoiselle and miss, as archetypes
of women teachers, single and foreign, coming in the case under analysis from Europe and the United States.

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Francinaide de Lima Silva Nascimento, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Profissional e do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte.

Sara Raphaela Machado de Amorim, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Doutora em Educação pela UERJ. Docente da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, UERN, Assú, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.

Joaquim Pintassilgo, Universidade de Lisboa

Doutor em Geografia e História pela Universidade de Salamanca. Docente do Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa.

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2026-02-19

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Nascimento, F. de L. S., Amorim, S. R. M. de, & Pintassilgo, J. (2026). Between the mademoiselle and the miss in domestic schooling in Natal: traveling teachers in northeastern Brazil. Revista História Da Educação, 30. Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/asphe/article/view/139607

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Vol. 30 (2026): V.30 - 2026

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