Bertha Maria Júlia Lutz was a Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat. Lutz became a leading figure in both the Pan American feminist movement and human rights movement. She was instrumental in
Lutz in 1925
Bertha Lutz with family, feminists, and the Brazilian Federation for Women's Progress on the stairs of the Chamber of Deputies, Rio de Janeiro. (1936)
Lutz receiving the Doutor Honoris Causa (Mills College, 1945)
Lutz at the UN conference (San Francisco, 1945)
The origins of feminism in Brazil trace back to the 19th century. During the Empire of Brazil, some jurists attempted to legalize women's suffrage, with or without the consent of the husband. Later, t
Bertha Lutz
…Women's suffrage Feminism in Brazil Bertha Lutz: Photographs from LIFE Magazine, three black-and-white photos, captioned in English…
First female voters in, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, in 1928.
Integrants of the Brazilian Federation for Women's Progress, in 1930.
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