ABSTRACT
Women's participation in politics has been reassessed in terms of both concept and form. The traditional concept of political participation tends to relate to institutionalized forms, such as membership of parties and professional organizations, holding of elected office, voting, elections, and so on. The concept of labor force includes the real magnitude of female labor, and women's place has at last begun to be highlighted in the mass of data to be computed, whereas gender is a major new variable to be given its due weight. The redemocratization process thus led to a plurality of parties. An analysis of what happened inside the parties with regard to the major social movements shows that the women's movements occupied considerable space in their reorganization. In 1964, the Brazilian political scene was shaken by a march headed by women called March of the Family with God and for Liberty.
