Mariana Muaze is an Associate Professor in the History Department at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), and author of the book “Memórias da Viscondessa: família e poder no Brasil Império” (Zahar, 2008), which won the Jorge Zahar Prize and National Archives Research Award in 2007. She is a co-editor of the books: “O Vale do Paraíba e o Império do Brasil nos quadros da Segunda Escravidão” (7 Letras, 2015) and “Segunda Escravidão e o Império do Brasil em Perspectiva Histórica” (Casa Leiria, 2020), with Ricardo Salles, and "O 15 de Novembro e a queda da Monarquia” (Chão, 2019) with Keila Grinberg, and have different articles about slavery, gender, family and childhood in Brazil Empire.