Maria Rita Soares de Andrade
Maria Rita Soares de Andrade (3 April 1904 – April 1998) was a Brazilian lawyer and judge, who became Brazil's first female federal judge in 1967.[1] She was also the first woman to enter the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (Portuguese: Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil).[1]
Maria Rita Soares de Andrade | |
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Federal Judge (Portuguese: Juíza Federal) | |
In office 1967 – April 1974 | |
Appointed by | Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco |
Personal details | |
Born | Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil | March 4, 1904
Died | April 1998 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Alma mater | Federal University of Bahia |
Andrade was appointed to the bench in 1967, sitting in the fourth federal judicial division (Portuguese: 4ª Vara Federal) of Rio de Janeiro state, and served until her mandated retirement in April 1974.[1] She also served as a state and federal prosecutor.[2]
Andrade was born and grew up in Aracaju, attending public schools until university.[3] She studied law at the Federal University of Bahia, graduating in 1926. She was the only woman in her class and the third to complete a law degree at the university.[4]
Andrade was active in feminist causes while at university and shortly thereafter. She founded the Sergipe chapter of the Women's University Union (Portuguese: União Universitária Feminina),[5] later known as the Brazilian Association of University Women (Portuguese: Associação Brasileira de Mulheres Universitárias).[6]
Notes
- "Lugar de Mulher é na "Corte"". Migalhas (in Portuguese). 6 March 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "Dra. Maria Rita Soares de Andrade (1973)". Justiça Federal, Seção Judiciária do Rio de Janeiro (Federal Judiciary, Rio de Janeiro Division). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- de Freitas 2003, p. 92.
- de Freitas 2003, p. 94.
- Mulheres pioneiras : Elas fizeram história (in Portuguese). Chamber of Deputies. p. 18.
- "Pesquisa analisa a trajetória de inserção das mulheres no ensino superior" (in Portuguese). Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
References
- de Freitas, Anamaria Gonçalves Bueno (26 May 2003). Educação, trabalho e ação política : sergipanas no início do século XX (PhD thesis) (in Portuguese). University of Campinas.