Carmen Portinho and the Vanguard of Modernism in Brazil
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Feb 01 2022 at 5:00 AM GMT
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- In the early 1920s, a time when women could not even work without their husband's authorization, Carmen Portinho started an engineering course at the Polytechnic School of the University of Brazil.
- At the vanguard of the profession, as one of the first three women to graduate as engineers in Brazil, she was opening up a field in a space dominated entirely by men.
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- Published Feb 1, 2022 5:00 AM GMT