Ana Montenegro

Ana Montenegro (April 13, 1915 – March 30, 2006) was a Brazilian author, journalist, activist, editor, and poet. She was a militant communist and lived in exile for more than 15 years after the 1964 coup. She was a lawyer who advised on human rights and women's rights issues and actively fought against racism. She wrote extensively on women's issues, from their health to their socio-economic rights; the legal-cultural struggle of blacks against racism; and the struggles of urban and rural workers to gain their rights under the Constitution. After returning from exile, she was honored by her local bar association, her state, and the nation of Brazil for her human rights work. In 2005, she was one of the 1000 women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Biography Ana Lima Vaughness was born 13 April 1915 in Quixeramobim, Ceará, Brazil to Paul Elpídio Vaughnesse and Lila Vaughnesse Correia Lima. A communist militant from a young age, she moved to Rio de Janeiro for her university studies and majored in Law and Literature at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

During this period, she married Alberto Carmo, adopted the name Ana Lima Carmo, and had two children, Sonia and Miguel. She participated in several leftist movements around the country in 1945, and joined the Partido Comunista Brasileiro (PCB) (Brazilian Communist Party) in July of that year. from 1944 onward.

From 1959 to 1963, she was a chronicler for the magazine Problemas e Estudos Sociais and was a broadcaster on Rádio Mayrink Veiga. When the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état occurred, Carmo became the first woman to be exiled. initially moving to Mexico.

From East Germany, she became a member of the Latin American section of the Women's International Democratic Federation, She wrote extensively on women's health issues, their socio-economic rights, legal-cultural struggle of blacks against racism, and the struggles of urban and rural workers to gain their rights under the Constitution. and she wrote about his death in Tempo de Exílio.

She was honored in a national congress of the Brazilian Bar Association and received several honors from national institutions.

Awards Medal Tomé de Sousa, 1995 National Human Rights Award, 2002 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, 2005

Selected works Ser ou não ser feminista Guararapes: Recife, Brazil (1981) Mulheres, participação nas lutas populares M & S Gráfica e Editora: Salvador de Bahia, Brazil (1985) Tempo de exílio Edições Novos Rumos: Aracaju, Brazil (1988) Memória popular--a participação das mulheres nas lutas populares em Salvador Câmara Municipal de Salvador: Salvador de Bahia, Brazil (199?) Poèmes philosophiques (1999) Carlos Ghosn : del milagro de Nissan al relanzamiento de Renault (2000)