ZÍLIA OSÓRIO DE CASTRO
The intellectuals and feminism.

The emergence of intellectuals' participation with civil aims in the Portuguese cultural scope was guided in the thirties by publications such as Pensamento , O Sol Nascente and O Diabo. They were united by the involvement in the construction of a "new society" by disseminating alternative ideas and values. One of these was the genesis of the "new woman", by acknowledging her civil and cultural virtues and rights. Hence, they became heralds of an "intellectual feminism", of which this paper aims to highlight the lines, ambivalences and particularities.