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Marie Durocher
b. 1809, Paris; d. 1893, Rio de JaneiroFrench-born Maria Durocher was raised in Rio de Janeiro by her mother, a dressmaker and florist. She earned a medical degree from the College of Medicine in 1834 and established... Read more
Bertha Lutz
b. 1894, São Paulo; d. 1976, Rio de JaneiroBertha Lutz established the leading suffrage organization in Brazil in 1922. Within a decade of its formation, the Brazilian Federation for the Advancement of Women (BFAW) had achieved its goal.... Read more
Emilie Snethlage
b. 1868 Kratz, Westphalia, Germany; d. 1929, Porto Velho, BrazilEmilie Snethlage was a zoologist, ethnologist, and ornithologist. She spent her entire professional career in the Amazon jungles of Brazil, where she directed the zoology departments of the Museu... Read more
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