Alzira Costa
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| Born | Alzira Coelho de Campos de Barros de Abreu 20 April 1875 |
| Died | 21 February 1970 (aged 94) |
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Alzira Coelho de Campos de Barros de Abreu Costa (20 April 1875 – 21 February 1970) was the wife of Portuguese politician Afonso Costa.
Biography
[edit]Alzira de Barros de Abreu was born in 1875, in Oliveira do Hospital, in Coimbra, the daughter of Albano Mendes de Abreu, a medical doctor, and his wife, Emília de Barros Coelho de Campos.[1] She was the sister of the writer and politician José de Barros Mendes de Abreu, who was born on 20 July 1878.[2]
She married Afonso Costa in the New Cathedral of Coimbra, on 15 September 1892.[1] In 1916, she was one of the founders of the Portuguese Women's Crusade.[3]
She died at the age of 94, in Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Lisbon.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Livro de Registo de Baptismos 1872/1878 (folha 44-44 v.), Paróquia de Oliveira do Hospital - Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra (AUC)
- ^ "José de Abreu". RevelarLx. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ^ Samara, Maria Alice (2014-11-11). "Women's Mobilization for War (Portugal)". 1914-1918-online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
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