Carla Juaçaba is one of ten architects commissioned to design and build one of the ten Vatican Chapels for the “Holy See Pavilion” exhibition curated by Francesco Dal Co, which was the debut of Vatican City at the Venice Architecture Bienniale (2018).
Brazilian-Paraguayan architect
Brazilian feminist and pacifist
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.
Brazilian modernist painter
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.
Brazilian-American data scientist
Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil
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.
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.