Maria Tomásia Figueira Lima

Maria Tomásia Figueira Lima (6 December 1826 – 1902) was a Brazilian aristocrat and abolitionist.[1][2] She was the cofounder of the Sociedade das Senhoras Libertadoras ou Cearenses Libertadoras, a group which was the first of its kind in the country that was formed and led exclusively by women.

Biography

Maria Tomásia Figueira was born 6 December 1826, in Sobral, a municipality in the interior of Ceará.[3] She belonged to the traditional families Figueira de Melo, Xerez and Viriato de Medeiros.[4] Her parents were Ana Francisca Figueira de Melo and José Xerez Furna.[5]

She moved to Fortaleza after marrying the abolitionist Francisco de Paula de Oliveira Lima.[3][6]

In 1882, together with twenty-two abolitionist women of prominent families,[7] including Elvira Pinho,[8] Francisca Nunes da Cruz, Carolina Cordeiro, Luduvina Borges, Eugênia Amaral, Jacinta Souto, Maria Teófilo Morais, Maria Nunes Façanha, Lina Bezerra and Joana Bezerra, among others,[9] Figueira participated in the founding of the Sociedade das Senhoras Libertadoras ou Cearenses Libertadoras. According to the Dicionário da escravidão negra no Brasil, it was installed on 6 January 1883 with the name Sociedade Abolicionista Feminina.[10] Figueira served as president of the organization whose objective was to fight for the abolition of slavery.[9][11][4] This group became the first of its kind in Brazil that was formed and led exclusively by women.[8]

References

  1. ^ Schumaher, Schuma; Vital Brasil, Érico (2000). Dicionário Mulheres do Brasil: de 1500 até a atualidade (in Portuguese). Editora Zahar.
  2. ^ Filho, Luiz Berto (2023-05-07). "AS BRASILEIRAS – Maria Tomásia". JORNAL DA BESTA FUBANA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  3. ^ a b Setor, Redação Observatório 3º (22 July 2020). "A aristocrata que lutou para que a abolição no Ceará fosse adiantada". Observatório do 3° Setor (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 24 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b Secretaria de Cultura, Turismo e Desporto (1988). Da senzala para os salões: (coletânea) (in Portuguese). Secretaria de Cultura, Turismo e Desporto. p. 219.
  5. ^ "Maria Tomasia Figueira Lima". www.trabalhosfeitos.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. ^ Goncalves Ferreira, Luzila (1999). Suaves amazonas: mulheres e abolição da escravatura no nordeste (in Portuguese). Ed. Universitária, UFPE. p. 236. ISBN 978-857-315-153-4.
  7. ^ Dijk, Teun a Van (30 August 2020). Antiracist Discourse in Brazil: From Abolition to Affirmative Action. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-7936-1548-0. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b de Novaes Marques, Teresa Cristina; Pereira de Melo, Hildete; Alveal Contreras, Edelmira del Carmen; Schumaher, Schuma; Pompeu, Fernanda. Abrealas: o feminismo na virada do século XIX/XX (in Portuguese). REDEH, Rede de Desenvolvimento Humano. p. 56. (in Spanish)
  9. ^ a b Girão, Raimundo (1984). Pequena história do Ceará (in Portuguese). Edições Universidade Federal do Ceará. p. 294.
  10. ^ Moura, Clóvis (2004). Dicionário da escravidão negra no Brasil (ein Portuguese). EdUSP. p. 434. ISBN 978-853-140-812-0.
  11. ^ nacaofortaleza.com (ed.). "Maria Tomásia". Cabeça de negro (in Portuguese).
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