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Maria Lacerda de Moura (born 16 May 1887; died 20 March 1945 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian teacher, journalist, feminist, and anarchist. As a teacher in Barbacena she founded the League Against Illiteracy and worked with other women to help provide housing for the homeless. Her ideas regarding education were largely influenced by Francisco Ferrer. Loura used Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi as examples of pacifism in her essay "Serviço militar obrigario para mulher? Recuso-me! Denuncio!"
She later moved to São Paulo and became involved in journalism for the anarchist and labor press. There she also lectured on topics including education, women's rights, free love, and antimilitarism. Her writings and essays landed her attention not only in Brazil, but also in Argentina and Uruguay. In February 1923 she launched Renascença, a periodical linked with the anarchist, progressive, and freethinking circles of the period. Maria Lacerda de Moura died in March of 1945.
[edit] Selected works
- "A fraternidade na escola" (Fraternity at school) (1922)
- "A mulher hodierna e o seu papel na sociedade" (The women of today and their role in society) (1923)
- "A mulher é uma degenerada?" (Is the woman a degenerated being?) (1924)
- "Religião do amor e da beleza" (Religion of love and beauty) (1926)
- "Amai-vos e não vos multipliqueis" (Love each other and don't breed) (1931)
- "Han Ryner e o amor no plural" (Han Ryner and love in the plural) (1933)
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