O Today is the day of the week between the 20th and 26th of February highlights the achievement of women’s right to vote in Brazil, which took place 90 years ago, on February 24, 1932. In the coming days, artists such as Bezerra da Silva (born in February 23), Andy Warhol (died February 22) and Johnny Cash (born February 26). The week also brings International Mother Language Day, celebrated on February 21.
women at the polls
On February 24, the achievement of the right to vote by women in Brazil is celebrated. The demand of women for the right to vote and to be elected took shape at the beginning of the 20th century, from the Brazilian suffragette movement. But the exercise of political rights would only be extended to women in 1932, when the country’s new electoral code came into force, under the provisional government of former president Getúlio Vargas. Two years later, in 1934, the female vote is provided for in the Constitution.
The achievement of this right was also driven by several pioneers, such as professor Celina Guimarães Viana, who was able, through an application, to vote in 1927 and became the first female voter in the country. Another name is Leolinda de Figueiredo Daltro, one of the founders of the Partido Republicano Feminino, created in 1910. The São Paulo zoologist Bertha Lutz, one of the creators of the Brazilian Federation for Feminine Progress, is considered one of the greatest leaders in the struggle for political rights. of the women.
The program On the Trail of Historygives National Radiotold the story of these and other women who paved the way for women’s suffrage, in a conversation with historian Teresa Cristina Marques, professor at the Department of History at the University of Brasília (UnB), and author of the book The female vote in Brazil. Listen up:
Currently, even with the majority of the electorate, women occupy little space in the legislature. In the Senate, for example, twelve seats were occupied by female senators, which represents 14.8% of the 81 seats. In the Chamber of Deputies, 77 of the 513 elected parliamentarians are women.
fight against addiction
February 20th is National Day Against Drugs and Alcoholism. In 2017, the program Alcoholism: From Chaos to Recoveryof reporting paths, gives TV Brazil, explained the effects of alcohol on the human body, how the substance can lead to dependence and brought the story of men and women struggling with addiction. Watch:
Trickster is trickster loser is loser
José Bezerra da Silva, better known as Bezerra da Silva, was born on February 23, 1927, in Recife – and would have turned 95 in 2022. At only 15 years old and without any money, he moved to Rio de Janeiro. and invested in a musical career. Bezerra excelled in samba and coco and won the title of ambassador for the hills and favelas, in addition to the nickname Voz do Morro, denouncing the problems of the people of the communities.
Icon of trickery and bohemia, Bezerra was arrested by the police several times. But he found his livelihood in music, becoming one of the greats of samba at the time. Bezerra da Silva died in 2005, aged 77, due to lung problems. O Samba Wheel, gives National Radio, dedicated, in 2015, an entire program to Bezerra da Silva, with several of his songs. Listen up:
Also check out the program special Musical Collectiongives TV Brazilwith Bezerra da Silva and other big names in trickery:
International Mother Language Day
On February 21, the International Mother Language Day is celebrated, a date instituted with the aim of preserving local languages as intangible heritage of nations. With the language, a cultural heritage of a people is carried. According to data from the United Nations (UN), at least 43% of the approximately six thousand languages spoken in the world today could be forgotten. Along with these languages, a whole diversity of cultures is also in danger of disappearing. In view of this, UNESCO, in 1999, created this date to draw attention to linguistic and cultural diversity.
On this date, but last year, the Animated Radiogives Radio MEC, spoke about the multiplicity of languages in the world, especially those spoken here in Brazil – such as those of native peoples. Follow:
Check the weekly list of Today is the day with dates, historical facts and holidays:
February 20th to 26th, 2022
20
Birth of American singer, songwriter and musician Kurt Cobain (55 years old)
National Day to Combat Drugs and Alcoholism and start of National Week to Combat Alcoholism
World Social Justice Day – international commemoration, which was instituted by the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly
21
Birth of the dancer, naturist, actress, writer and feminist from Espírito Santo Dora Vivacqua, Luz del Fuego (105 years old) – pioneer in the implementation of naturism in Brazil between the 1940s and 1950s, having been the founder of the first naturist stronghold in Latin America and the first brazilian nudist
International Mother Language Day – UNESCO date that aims to preserve local languages as intangible heritage of nations
National Day of the Italian Immigrant – the choice of date is a tribute to Pietro Tabacchi’s expedition to Espírito Santo, in 1874. This event was marked as the beginning of the process of mass migration of Italians to Brazil
Change of name from Avenida Central to Avenida Rio Branco (90 years old) – tribute to Barão do Rio Branco, Brazilian diplomat responsible for treaties that guaranteed Brazilian borders and who had died on February 11. It is considered one of the main roads in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
22
Birth of American politician George Washington (290 years old) – the first president of the United States
Death of American painter and filmmaker Andrew Warhola, aka Andy Warhol (35 years old)
Scientists reveal cloning of Dolly the sheep (25 years old)
23
Birth of the singer, composer, guitarist, percussionist and sambista from Pernambuco, Bezerra da Silva (95 years old)
25
Fire at the base of the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station (10 years)
24
Women’s Vote Conquest Day in Brazil
Catete Palace, formerly Nova Friburgo Palace, was officially inaugurated as the seat of the Presidency of the Republic, on the sixth anniversary of the first republican Constitution (125 years)
Fire in the Andraus Building leaves dead and injured (50 years old)
26
Birth of American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor Johnny Cash (90 years old)
know more
+ Omicron: Unexpected symptom of infection in children worries medical teams
+ Mercadão de SP vendors threaten customers with fruit blow
+ Video: Mother is attacked on social media for wearing tight clothes to take her son to school
+ Horoscope: check today’s forecast for your sign
+ What is known about fluorone?
+ Trick to squeeze lemons becomes a craze on social media
+ ‘Ichthyosaur-monster’ is discovered in Colombia
+ One twin became vegan, the other ate meat. Check the result
+ See which were the most stolen cars in SP in 2021
+ Expedition identifies giant squid responsible for ship sinking in 2011
+ US Agency warns: never wash raw chicken meat
#Today #Day #highlights #90th #anniversary #achievement #female #vote #Brazil #ISTOÉ #DINHEIRO