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Angelina Vidal, a trade unionist left to starve in Lisbon

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A poet, journalist and teacher, she challenged Cesário Verde to a duel and founded A Voz do Operário. Angelina Vidal (1853–1917) demanded justice for working women — and justice left her to starve.

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Angelina Vidal, a trade unionist left to starve in Lisbon

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Angelina Vidal, a trade unionist left to starve in Lisbon

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