GRAUBEN DO MONTE LIMA
1889-1972, BrazilGrauben do Monte Lima (Iguatu, 1889 – Rio de Janeiro, 1972) was a courageous and pioneering figure who was born in a small town in the state of Ceará and moved to work in the Southeast of Brazil in the early 20th century, engaging in in unconventional areas of work for women. Journalist Maria Ignez Corrêa da Costa Barbosa recounts that “Grauben was one of the first women in Brazil to work in the press (at the Fon-Fon magazine, translating swashbuckling novels from French), to hold a public position (at the Ministry of Finance), to go unaccompanied to the city’s cafes, where she would listen to the conversations of the bohemians of the time, such as Olavo Bilac and Alberto de Oliveira, and to take the tram alone.”
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