Cláudia De Campos
Maria Cláudia de Campos (January 28, 1859 – December 30, 1916), also known as Maria Cláudia de Campos Matos, was a Portuguese feminist and writer, best known for her 1899 novel ''Elle''. She was on the Board of Directors of the 's Feminist Sector and a member of the Portuguese Committee of the Women's League for Peace and Disarmament. Biography Cláudia de Campos was born in 1859 in Sines, Portugal, the daughter of Francisco António de Campos and Maria Augusta da Palma. Her grandfather, Jacinto da Palma, was health chief for the Port of Sines. An educated woman, de Campos was fluent in French language, French. She specialized in English studies at Mrs. Kutle's School and wrote a manuscript about Percy Bysshe Shelley, Percy Shelley, while also studying German literature. In 1875, at age 16, she married the 19-year-old Joaquim d'Ornelas e Matos. They settled in Lisbon and had two children before legally separating in 1888, after 13 years of marriage. After gaining her indep ...
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