词条 | Maria Werneck de Castro |
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Maria Morais Werneck de Castro (Rio de Janeiro, 1909 - Rio de Janeiro, 1993) was a Brazilian lawyer, militant communist, and feminist.{{sfn|Schumaher|Brazil|2000|p=567}} Castro was born in barrio Laranjeiras, the daughter of attorney Justo de Moraes and Herminia Cresta Mendes de Moraes. Her paternal grandfather was Luiz Mendes de Moraes, who was Minister of War in 1909. In school, she studied law. She married the communist militant Luis Werneck de Castro, also a lawyer.{{sfn|Executive Secretariat|1987|p=56}} Castro was a communist activist who fought for women's suffrage rights, since 1930. She participated in the Federación Brasileña por el Progreso Femenino, and in the Liga Antifascista. Castro was a close friend of Luís Carlos Prestes and his sister, Clotilde Prestes, as well as a companion to Nise da Silveira and Olga Benário Prestes, the latter having been accused of being one of the leaders of the Communist Revolt of 1935.{{sfn|Assunção|2007|p=159}} With Mary Mercio and Eugenia Moreyra, she co-founded the União Feminina do Brasil,{{sfn|Dulles|2010|p=19}} also serving as its director.{{sfn|Dulles|2014|p=69}} Castro went into exile in Argentina. She became a member of the Brazilian Communist Party in 1947, serving in the Movimiento Unitario de los Trabajadores e Intelectuales. Towards the end of her life, Werneck was devoted to education, being a professor of Portuguese and history. Selected works
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