Violante Atabalipa Ximenes de Bivar e Vellasco

Violante Atabalipa Ximenes de Bivar e Vellasco (December 1, 1817 – May 25, 1875) was a Brazilian feminist, writer and newspaper owner.

Biography

Vellasco was born on December 1, 1817, in São Salvador da Bahia.[1] As a young child, she was provided a good education and lived with her mother and grandfather while her father was in Rio de Janeiro.[1] The family eventually joined her father in Rio de Janeiro.[2] In 1845, Vellasco married a lieutenant, João Antonio Boaventura, who died only a few years after they were married.[2] Vellasco was wealthy and had an independent income and was able to finance her own work.[3][4] She was against women's exclusion from higher education in Brazil.[3]

Vellasco served as the editor and patron of O Jornal das Senhoras, a feminist magazine created in 1852 and first edited by Joana Paula Manso de Noronha.[5][6] O Jornal das Senhoras covered the positive qualities of women, advocated for women's education and covered other topics of interest to women.[5] Another editor of the journal, with Vellasco, was Gervasia Nunenzia Pires dos Santos.[7] The journal continued until December 1855.[5] She also translated literary works.[2] She later published another journal, O Domingo, in 1874,[8] which defended and discussed the rights of women in Brazil.[9][10]

On May 25, 1875, Vellasco died in Rio de Janeiro.[11][12]

Vellasco was a member of the Imperial Council in Brazil and the founder and director of the Brazilian Dramatic Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro.[13]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Macedo 1876, p. 97.
  2. ^ a b c Macedo 1876, p. 98.
  3. ^ a b Hahner 1978, p. 265.
  4. ^ Hahner 1978, p. 267.
  5. ^ a b c Hahner 1978, p. 260.
  6. ^ Hahner 1978, p. 257.
  7. ^ Pinto, Magdalena Garcia (1997). "Feminism". In Smith, Verity (ed.). Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. pp. 557. ISBN 0203304365.
  8. ^ Uglow, Jennifer (1991-06-27). Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography. Springer. p. 406. ISBN 9781349127047.
  9. ^ Hahner 1978, p. 264.
  10. ^ Hahner 1990, p. 31.
  11. ^ Hahner 1978, p. 268.
  12. ^ Macedo 1876, p. 99.
  13. ^ Hahner 1990, p. 29.

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