Maria Lacerda de Moura
Brazilian feminist and pacifist
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Maria da Penha
Brazilian survivor of domestic violence who campaigned for legal changes that established stricter sentences for physical offenders, promotd rehabilitation programs for perpetrators, and offered 24-hour police stations and shelters for abused women.
Tarsila do Amaral
Brazilian modernist painter
Maria Quitéria
Initially disguised as a man, Brazilian soldier Maria Quitéria de Jesus served in the Brazilian War of Independence against the Portuguese from October 1822 to 1824.
Carmem Domingues
Brazilian-American data scientist
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil
Dr Elza Furtado Gomide
Elza Furtado Gomide was the second Brazilian woman to be awarded a doctorate in mathematics. She served for many years as Head of Mathematics at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics in the University of São Paulo. She was influential in promoting a debate on the role of the university in the training of qualified professionals.
Dr Marília Peixoto
Marília Chaves Peixoto was the first Brazilian woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in mathematics. In 1951 she was the first Brazilian woman to be elected a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. She made substantial contributions to what is now known as Peixoto’s Theorem on the structural stability of dynamical systems.
Bidu Sayão
Brazilian operatic soprano
Rachel de Queiroz
Rachel de Queiroz published over twenty-five novels, plays, crônicas and memoirs, among them O Quinze (The Fifteen) (1930), As três Marias (The Three Marias) (1939) and Dôra Doralina (1975).