title: [Female images in O Vulgarizador: science's public and women in the nineteenth century].
abstract: The article examines images of women in the periodical O Vulgarizador, which sought to bring science into the public forum in nineteenth-century Brazil. An analysis of these images helps us recognize some of the issues of ongoing concern in the magazine: the United States as a model of progress and industrial development, the importance of World Fairs, and transformations in Brazilian society and women's role therein.
authors.affiliation: Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins, Rua Mário Portela, 161 apto. 1002, bloco A, 22241-000 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. moema@mast.br
authors.forename: Moema de Rezende
authors.initials: Mde R
authors.lastname: Vergara
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality / Q000266:history; D008402:Mass Media / Q000266:history*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*; D012922:Social Change / Q000266:history; D012938:Social Perception; D014481:United States; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000266:history*