Maria Benedita de Oliveira Barbosa

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

Argentine by birth, Maria Benedita de Oliveira Barbosa married a Brazilian, José Thomas de Oliveira Barbosa, and lived with him in Rio de Janeiro (Blake, 227). In 1853 she published an extensive tract discussing the need for an improvement in female education under the pseudonym of Zaira Americana: Pequena collecção de meus pensamentos compostos nos dias 13 de dezembro de 1839 e 8 de dezembro de 1847, (Zaira Americana mostra as immensas vantagens que obtem a sociedade inteira da perfeita educação, virtudes e illustração da mulher, como mai e esposa do homem), Rio de Janeiro: Typ. Dous de Dezembro de Paula Brito, 1853. She wrote under the pseudonym Zaira Americana

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1853

She published a book in Rio de Janeiro calling for better education for girls.

References

Muzart, Zahidé Lupinacci, (2000), Escritoras Brasileiras do Século XIX

Bernardes, Maria Thereza Caiuby Crescenti, (1989), Mulheres de Ontem?: Rio de Janeiro, século XIX

Blake, A V A Sacramento, (1900), Diccionario Bibliographico Brazileiro

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