Nélida Piñon
Nélida Piñon is the author of more than a dozen books, including novels, essays and memoirs.
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Lygia Fagundes Telles
Brazilian author
Lucia Aizim
Lucia Aizim published nine works of poetry, short stories, novels and children’s literature, including Errância (1978), Exercício efêmero (1982) and Saga (1997).
Inez Haynes Gillmore Irwin
American suffragist and writer
Maria Quitéria de Jesus
1800s Brazilian lieutenant and national heroine
Ana Néri
Pioneer of nursing in Brazil who served during the Paraguayan War (1864-1870).
Laudelina de Campos Melo
Afro-Brazilian activist and labor organizer.
Bertha Lutz
Notable Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat and played a key role in the Pan-American feminist and human rights movements. Her efforts were crucial in achieving women’s suffrage in Brazil.
Anita Garibaldi
Brazilian revolutionary
Lygia Clark
By breaking down the barriers between art and life, Clark challenged received ideas about what art could or should be. Accordingly, she is a major reference point for contemporary artists dealing with the limits of conventional forms of art.