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Domitila Silva Y Lepe
Domitila is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Domitila Chúngara, Bolivian labor leader and feminist *Domitila, Marchioness of Santos, Brazilian noblewoman *Domitila García de Coronado Domitila García Doménico de Coronado (7 May 1847 – 1938) was a Cuban writer, journalist, editor, and professor, considered to be the first women to practice journalism in her country. Biography Domitila García Doménico de Coronado was born ..., Cuban writer * Domitila de Carvalho, one of first three women members of the Portuguese parliament See also * ''Domitila'' (1996), Nigerian film {{Given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domitila Chúngara
Domitila Barrios de Chungara (7 May 1937 – 13 March 2012) was a Bolivian labor leader and feminist. In 1975 she participated in the International Women's Year Tribune put on by the United Nations in Mexico. She died in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on 13 March 2012 of lung cancer. Housewives' Committee In 1961, seventy women organized the Housewives’ Committee in the tin mine Siglo XX. They were the wives of miners who had demanded higher wages and been subsequently imprisoned in La Paz, about 200 miles from Siglo XX. One by one, these women went to La Paz to find their husbands and one by one, they returned demoralized. They decided go together to La Paz and though they were confronted by the ''barzolas'' of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, their husbands’ demands were met after the women staged a ten-day hunger strike. It was then that they created the Housewives’ Committee. It was organized like a union and concerned little with Western feminism, though men were still ini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domitila, Marchioness Of Santos
Domitila (or Domitília) de Castro do Canto e Melo (27 December 1797 — 3 November 1867), 1st Viscountess with designation as a Grandee, then 1st Marchioness of Santos, was a Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Pedro I. Life Birth and family Daughter of João de Castro do Canto e Melo, 1st Viscount of Castro and Escolástica Bonifácia de Oliveira e Toledo Ribas, Domitila belonged to a traditional São Paulo noble family: she was the granddaughter of Colonel Carlos José Ribas, great-grandfather of Simão de Toledo Piza, patriarch of this family in São Paulo. Born on 27 December 1797, she was baptized three months later, on 7 March 1798 in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Sé) in São Paulo. According to her baptismal record, her godfather was Ensign José Duarte e Câmara. The Brigadier João de Castro Canto e Melo was born in the Terceira Island in the Azores, and died in Rio de Janeiro in 1826. He was the son of João Batista do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domitila García De Coronado
Domitila García Doménico de Coronado (7 May 1847 – 1938) was a Cuban writer, journalist, editor, and professor, considered to be the first women to practice journalism in her country. Biography Domitila García Doménico de Coronado was born on 7 May 1847 in Camagüey, Cuba. On 17 May 1891 she founded the Academy of Women Typographers. She founded and edited various publications, including the journals ''La Antorcha'' and ''El Céfiro'' together with Sofía Estevez (1848–1901). Besides these, she was editor of ''La Mujer'', together with Aída Peláez de Villa Urrutia and Isabel Margarita Ordetx. She also published the first anthology of Cuban women writers in 1868, titled ''Álbum poético fotográfico de escritoras cubanas'' (''Poetic photo album of Cuban women writers''), which included the biography of Emelina Peyrellade Zaldívar Emelina Peyrellade Zaldívar or Emelina Peyrellade (Camagüey, 1842–1877) was a Cuban writer and translator. Biography She was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domitila De Carvalho
Domitila (Domitilla in the old Portuguese spelling) de Carvalho (1871–1966) was a Portuguese medical doctor, teacher, writer and politician. She was the first woman to attend the University of Coimbra in Portugal, from where she graduated in Mathematics, Philosophy and Medicine. A supporter of the '' Estado Novo'' government, she was also one of the first three female deputies (members of parliament) elected in Portugal. She was a monarchist and a friend of Queen D. Amélia, with whom she shared correspondence. Early life Domitilla Hormizinda Miranda de Carvalho was born on 10 April 1871 in Travanca in the Aveiro District of Portugal. She was the daughter of a primary school teacher. Her father died when she was just one year old, leaving her mother with three young children. She went to school in Castelo Branco, Bragança and Leiria, completing high school in 1891. On the basis of excellent exam results she then became the first woman to be admitted to the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
