Maria Guardiola

Maria Guardiola
Born
Maria Baptista dos Santos Guardiola

(1895-01-13)13 January 1895
Bragança, Portugal
Died27 September 1987(1987-09-27) (aged 92)
Lisbon, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Occupation(s)Teacher and politician
Known forOne of first three female members of the Portuguese National Assembly; founder of the Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina

Maria Guardiola (1895–1987) was a Portuguese schoolteacher and politician. A supporter of the right-wing Estado Novo, she was an anti-feminist in charge of the regime's Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina (Female Portuguese Youth) for more than three decades and was one of the first three women in the country’s National Assembly (parliament), being elected in 1934.

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