Matilde Isabel de Santana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Betencourt

Matilde Isabel de Sant'Ana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Betencourt (– She wrote articles and poems, published in newspapers, almanacs, and literary anthologies, as well as two novels. She also wrote "Diálogos entre u ma Avó e sua Neta" ("Dialogue between a grandmother and her granddaughter"), selected by the for use in schools, which was the first such work adopted in Portugal to be written by a woman.

Speaking both English and French, and "As Castellũs do Roussillon" by Madame de la Rochère.

Biography Matilde Isabel de Vasconcelos was born on March 14, 1805 in Funchal, Madeira to José Joaquim de Vasconcelos and D. Francisca Emilia Teles de Meneses, both members of distinguished Madeiran families. She also wrote poems, which at the time were only published in literary anthologies, including "Flores de Madeira" in 1872 and the "Album madeirense" in 1884, as well as in Portuguese almanacs gives an example of her work. The first five verses are given below: