Maria Benedita Mouzinho de Albuquerque de Faria Pinho | |
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Born | 5 April 1865 Figueiró dos Vinhos, Leiria District, Portugal |
Died | 12 January 1939 Lisbon, | (aged 85)
Nationality | Portuguese |
Occupation(s) | Writer, translator |
Known for | Feminist and republican activist |
Maria Benedita Mouzinho de Albuquerque de Faria Pinho (1865 - 1939), was a Portuguese writer, translator, teacher, propagandist, republican activist and feminist activist. She was a pioneer in the campaign to get women the right to vote and for the legalisation of divorce.