Maria Veleda

Portuguese writer, suffragist · Portugal · Writers · Lived 1871 to 1955 · aged 84

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Maria Veleda, the pseudonym widely used by Maria Carolina Frederico Crispin, was a Portuguese educator, journalist and activist.

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Supplement to the newspaper O Século about the suffragettes of the Liga das Mulheres Republicanas, published on May 12, 1910: 5 - Ana de Castro Osório; 6 - Maria Veleda; 7 - Beatriz Pinheiro; 8 - Maria Clara Correia Alves; 13 - Sofia Quintino; 14 - Adelaide Cabete; 15 - Carolina Beatriz Ângelo; 16 - Maria do Carmo Joaquina Lopes.

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Vitorino Magalhaes Godinho43.0 António Henrique Rodrigo de Oliveira Marques43.0

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Maria Veleda, the pseudonym widely used by Maria Carolina Frederico Crispin, was a Portuguese educator, journalist and activist. One of the most effective early feminists in Portugal, she fought for the rights of women factory workers and encouraged the education of women, launching the Portuguese Group of Feminist Studies in 1907. She was a co-founder of the Republican League of Portuguese Women in 1908, later becoming President of the Board, while in 1915 she promoted the involvement of women in politics, founding the Female Association of Democratic Propaganda.

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