Mulheres em espaço de poder no Maranhão oitocentista: um estudo sobre a participação da Ana Jansen na política provincial

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the role of women in an environment of power in the 19th century through the studies of Ana Jansen's participation in provincial politics. The discussion permeates about gender relations, and the role that each one could play. With this, the question is: How did Ana Jansen participate in politics and how did this performance contribute to her public image? The methodology applied is the bibliographic research related to gender studies, as well as about the politics and society of Maranhão in the 19th century. This research was also based on primary sources with newspapers and manuscripts. The studies brought up relevant discussions about the history of Anna Joaquina Jansen Pereira Leite, as a figure who marked the 1800s with her unconventional postures and her performances both in the private space, being a great matriarch, as well as in her public life, assuming positions predominantly exercised. by the male sex. It is concluded that even in an environment represented by the male figure such as politics, Ana Jansen managed, through her tricks, to influence and participate in provincial politics in the 19th century. And for her goods made to Maranhão society or even for the ironies of her opponents, D. Ana Jansen received the title of “Queen of Maranhão”. Undoubtedly, Ana Jansen was an intense figure and marked society for her firm performance, as a woman in the province of Maranhão, which consecrated her as an emblematic figure, protagonist of research into myths, being present in the collective memory of the people of Maranhão.