Childhoods on the march

rescuing the memories of children from the Coluna Prestes

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22562/2025.63.18

Keywords:

Coluna Prestes, little combatants, childhood

Abstract

This article, on the occasion of the centenary of the Coluna Prestes (1924-1927), discusses the presence of invisible actors in the context of studies of this movement: children and adolescents who accompanied men and women along the twenty-five thousand kilometers of the Freedom March. Based on the accumulations of the historiography of childhood and the analysis of productions on this event, present in the Catalog of Dissertations and Theses of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), the objective is to highlight the relevance of studying the presence of children who experienced their childhoods in a context of conflict, such as the Coluna Prestes. It also points to the importance and challenges of recovering data on these little combatants in academic studies.

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Author Biographies

Giovanna Abraçado Quitete, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Licenciada em História e graduanda em Pedagogia na Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Zoia Ribeiro Prestes, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Doutora em Educação, professora da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Published

2025-12-17