%0 Journal Article %T A quest£¿o feminina: importancia estrat¨¦gica das mulheres para a regula£¿£¿o da popula£¿£¿o brasileira (1930-1945) %A Ostos %A Natascha Stefania Carvalho De %J Cadernos Pagu %D 2012 %I N¨²cleo de Estudos de G¨ºnero - Pagu %R 10.1590/S0104-83332012000200011 %X this study examines how women in brazil's vargas age were considered, by various social groups and established power, as a privileged instrument for the transformation of the country's population. the public defense of what many regarded as female roles, acquired a new perspective: taking care of home, becoming mothers, ensuring the welfare of others, were activities which were remodeled, in the social and political context of the time, as essential tasks for building a healthy, disciplined, and industrious brazilian population %K vargas age %K population %K women. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-83332012000200011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en