Maria Quitéria
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Maria Quitéria de Jesus was a Brazilian soldier and national heroine. She served in the Brazilian War of Independence in 1822-24 dressed as a man. She was promoted to cadet and lieutenant and later decorated with the Imperial Order of the Cross.
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Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of CaxiasAlso won Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
ZumbiAlso won Livro dos Heróis e Heroínas da Pátria
Francisco Candido XavierAlso won Livro dos Heróis e Heroínas da Pátria
Henri-Joseph PaixhansAlso won Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
Bertrand de Orléans e BragançaAlso won Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
TiradentesAlso won Livro dos Heróis e Heroínas da PátriaAbout this person
Maria Quitéria de Jesus was a Brazilian soldier and national heroine. She served in the Brazilian War of Independence in 1822-24 dressed as a man. She was promoted to cadet and lieutenant and later decorated with the Imperial Order of the Cross. Quitéria has been called the "Brazilian Joan of Arc", and has become a legendary figure in Brazil. Quitéria was the first woman to serve in a military unit in the country. She is known as one of the three Bahia women fighters against the Portuguese along with Maria Filipa de Oliveira and Sister Joana Angélica (1761-1822).
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