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Alzira Costa

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Alzira Costa
Born
Alzira Coelho de Campos de Barros de Abreu

(1875-04-20)20 April 1875
Died21 February 1970(1970-02-21) (aged 94)
Spouse
(m. 1892; died 1937)
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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ "José de Abreu". RevelarLx. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  3. ^ 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.