Album/Report by the Pequenas Irmãs da Divina Providência: records of social and medical assistance in the coal-producing region of southern Santa Catarina, 1955-1957

Abstract During the first half of the twentieth century, the coal-producing region of Santa Catarina state underwent intense industrialization that directly impacted various ways of life; various health problems emerged in the region as a result of coal mining and impeded economic progress. As the government was unable to meet health demands, local businesses established partnerships with female religious orders that provided assistance services in the villages where workers lived. As part of such a partnership, the Pequenas Irmãs da Divina Providência created an album of texts, drawings, and photographs as a report describing their activities from 1955 to 1957 in one such village in the region.

摘要：20世纪上半叶，圣卡塔琳娜州（Santa Catarina）产煤区域经历了高强度工业化进程，该进程直接对当地多样的生活方式产生了深刻影响；煤炭开采导致该地区出现各类健康问题，同时阻碍了当地经济发展。由于政府无法满足当地的健康服务需求，本地企业与女性宗教修会建立合作关系，由后者为工人聚居的乡村地区提供援助服务。作为该合作项目的组成部分，神圣天佑小姐妹会（Pequenas Irmãs da Divina Providência）制作了一部包含文本、绘图与照片的相册，用以记录其1955年至1957年间在该地区某乡村开展的相关活动。