Resumen de Beatriz da Conceição de Ataíde Lobo e Faria: um rosário de contos para a coluna “Leituras para Senhoras”
This article analyses the short stories in Portuguese of the Goan author Beatriz da Conceição de Ataíde Lobo e Faria (1913-1994), which were published in the column for women in the Goan newspapers A Vida, O Heraldo and O Académico. The main argument is that, in these stories, Lobo e Faria makes clear the need for women to be educated not for their emancipation, but to become true companions for their husbands and mothers who could play a decisive role in the education of their children. However, if, when educating a family, a woman educates a nation, according to the beliefs of the time, the ultimate goal of Lobo e Faria´s moral short-stories was to raise social and political awareness in Goan society.
