Vaz de Carvalho, Maria Amália (1847–1921)
Vaz de Carvalho, Maria Amália (1847–1921)
Portuguese poet and novelist. Name variations: Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho. Born Feb 1, 1847, in Lisbon, Portugal; died 1921.
Wrote didactic works on such issues as women's education, marriage, and religion; works include Una Primavera de Mulher (1867), Cartas a Uma Noiva (1871), and Cartas a Luíza; also wrote biography of Duke of Palmela, Vida de Duque de Palmela. Carvalho and Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelas were first women inducted into Lisbon Academy of Sciences (1912).
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