Latest news and stories about women history in Portugal for expats and residents.
Researchers Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita examined 16th-century convents and realised that the struggles of the nuns share similarities with the lives of women in the age of social media.
Regina Quintanilha (1893-1967) was the first Portuguese female lawyer. She associated with Salazar, whom she knew from Coimbra, but she helped her son-in-law escape the PIDE and was the antithesis of the woman envisioned by the Estado Novo regime.
With humour and historical research, the book “Sabedoria do Convento” explores friendship, work, and love, connecting the past and the present. We spoke with the authors, Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita.
Before hashtags and viral manifestos, there were women who blazed a trail with resolute words — this column republishes their interviews for Máxima. After all, going back to the past is also a gesture towards the future.
For years smuggling was a means of subsistence for families in the border region. Women played an active role in this kind of illegal trade.
