CABO TOCO: NURSE WHO BECAME COMBATENT

Abstract

Olmira Leal de Oliveira, popularly known in Rio Grande do Sul as Cabo Toco was the first Gaucho woman to serve the Military Brigade in the state. Throughout his trajectory, fought for the recognition of his accomplishments in the armed confrontations of 1923, 1924 and 1926, which marked the historical period of Maragatos versus Chimangos. Based on an ethnographic research on (self) bibliographic narratives in Cabo Toco, the present text considers the social representations around these narratives produced, given their symbolism, experiences, representativeness, and memory in the life of other women who have in Olmira, an ideal to follow.