Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1920 — Portuguese Feminism. [ARTICLE]

Portuguese Feminism.

= Recently the diploma of doctor of agronomical engineering was for the first time conferred Upon a woman in Brazil. The recipient, Maria Adelaida Pinto de Magallanes Quintanilla, is a young woman of Portuguese birth. She comes from one -of the most noted of the Iberian families, being a direct descendant, as her name would indicate, Of the famous sailor Magellan. Miss Magallanes is the third woman in the family to have received the doctorate. her two elder sisters having been graduated as experts in law and pharmaceutics. She made a special study of tropical plants and conditions.