O direito à memória: A história oral de mulheres que lutaram contra a ditadura militar (1964-84)

Abstract

This article aims to present historiographical research that addressed women's testimonies about the fighting against the brazilian military dictatorship. Among them, also is presented my PhD research, developed from life stories of women who have resisted oppression, quietly, having rarely been recognized by society as historical subjects. Nowadays testimony oral history exerts a major role in denunciation and quest for memory right especially of those that still not visible to the public, including women, often seen as outsiders in the political space. Their accounts reveals multiples forms of action in the fight against authoritarianism, showing that public and private are not exclusionary nor opposites.