Leontina de Cabral Hogan
Leontina de Cabral Hogan | |
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| Born | 6 January 1886 Funchal |
| Died | 18 January 1943 (aged 57) Lisbon |
| Known for | Member of the National Council of Portuguese Women |
Maria Leontina Mendes Ferreira Cabral Hogan, also known as Leontina de Cabral Hogan (6 January 1886 — 18 January 1943) was a Portuguese medium, spiritist, and feminist activist and member of the National Council of Portuguese Women.
Early life
[edit]Born in Funchal to a wealthy family of the Madeiran bourgeoisie, her parents were João Ferreira Cabral and his wife Virgínia Maria Mendes.[1] She married her first husband, her cousin Carlos Olavo Correia de Azevedo Júnior, in Lisbon on 21 July 1911. They divorced in 1921.[2] On 28 February 1934 she married her second husband, the Portuguese Navy officer and painter, Álvaro Navarro Hogan (1879–1950), who was of Irish descent.[3]
Spiritism
[edit]In 1925, she became a spiritist, joining the movement founded by José Augusto Faure da Rosa.[4] She corresponded with the poet and writer Alfredo Pimenta, discussing topics such as "the division of religion Christian faith in the different established dogmas ".[5]
Feminism
[edit]De Cabral Hogan was a member of the National Council of Portuguese Women, a feminist organization dedicated to the defence of women's social and political rights, from 1938. She joined the Literature Section in 1940, working alongside the activists Etelvina Lopes de Almeida, Maria da Luz de Deus Ramos, Maria Lamas, Maria da Luz Albuquerque and Teresa Leitão de Barros. She was appointed president of the section in 1942, and had sat on the council's board from 1940 to 1942.[6][7]
Death and legacy
[edit]She died on 18 January 1943 of asthma. She is buried in a family tomb, in the Alto de São João Cemetery, in Lisbon. In the January/February 1943 edition of the Portuguese magazine Estudos Psíquicos, a tribute to her said: "She had an unmistakable distinction where not the slightest artifice was discovered. Her expression radiated something spiritual that enhanced and veiled her grace as a woman. Affable and unpretentious, intelligent and cultured, his conversation arrested those who listened. "[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Livro de registo de baptismos de Santa Maria Maior do ano de 1886". arquivo-abm.madeira.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "PT-TT-RC-CRCLSB4-002-00003_m0001.tif – Livro de registo de casamentos – Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo – DigitArq". digitarq.arquivos.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "PT-TT-RC-CRCLSB3-002-00119_m0001.tif – Livro de registo de casamentos – Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo – DigitArq". digitarq.arquivos.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Vasconcelos, Manuela (2015). Movimento Espírita Português & alguns vultos: tentativa histórica do Movimento Espírita em Portugal, desde os seus primórdios até ao momento actual (2nd ed.). Amadora: Federação Espírita Portuguesa.
- ^ "HOGAN, Leontina Cabral. 1886–1943, médium". archeevo.amap.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Correia, Rosa de Lurdes Matias Pires (julho de 2013). «O Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas: A Principal Associação de Mulheres da Primeira Metade do Século XX (1914–1947)» (PDF). Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade de Lisboa.
- ^ "Etelvina Lopes de Almeida, se fosse viva, faria hoje 100 anos de idade". Ruas com história (in European Portuguese). 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "PT-TT-RC-CRCLSB3-003-00130_m0001.tif – Livro de registo de óbitos – Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo – DigitArq". digitarq.arquivos.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-05.