This article aims to begin the understanding of prior censorship of books in the period of the military dictatorship in Brazil with regard to Brazilian authors. To study the works of these censored women and the apparent reasons for the prohibition of publications, we resorted to a literature review by Sandra Reimão, Simone de Beauvoir, Rodolfo Londero, and others authors. Indeed known and irrefutable became the struggle of women for equal rights in society. Countless victories in its claim to

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... pace and freedom of expression have been won, however, at very high costs. Although much remains to be researched, the article seeks, at this time, to understand the functioning of the department responsible for book censorship and the main motivation for repression in works of female authorship in one of the most oppressive periods in Brazilian history. Through research, it is believed that part of these authors were adept at controversial.