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Alice Moderno

Alice Moderno (11 August 1867 – 20 February 1946) was a Portuguese writer, feminist and animal welfare activist. An active campaigner for women's rights, she also founded the first association dedicated to animal welfare in the Azores. Early biographies ignored that she was an open lesbian.

Alice Moderno
circa 1908
Born
Alice Augusta Pereira de Melo Maulaz Moderno

(1867-08-11)11 August 1867
Paris, France
Died20 February 1946(1946-02-20) (aged 78)
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Occupation(s)writer, feminist and animal welfare activist
Years active1883–1946
PartnerMaria Evelina de Sousa

Early life edit

Alice Augusta Pereira de Melo Maulaz Moniz Moderno was born in Paris on 11 August 1867 to Celina Pereira de Melo Maulaz and João Rodrigues Pereira Moderno. Her father was a physician trained at the University of Paris, while her mother, a polyglot and pianist was trained at the Paris Conservatory. Both of her parents were born in Rio de Janeiro to Brazilian mothers, but her paternal grandfather was from Madeira and her maternal grandfather was French. In 1867, the couple moved briefly to Terceira Island, but returned to Paris after a year.[1] When she was seven years old, her father moved out of the family home, because of an affair with a clerk from a fashion house. When her grandfather died a year later, the father returned and moved Moderno and her mother back to the Azores, where they lived in Angra do Heroísmo. While they lived there, her siblings Luís (born 1877), Vitor (born 1881), and Maria do Carmo (born 1882) joined the family.[2]

In 1883, the family moved to Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island. Missing her friends and family in France, Moderno spent hours in her room writing poetry, an activity her father scorned.[2] Her first published work, Morreu! (Died!), written as a memorial to the Viscountess da Praia da Vitória, was published in the newspaper Açoriano Oriental in that same year. Two years later, in 1885, she produced A ti (To You) in the Almanaque Luso-Brasileiro de Lembranças (Portuguese-Brazilian Almanac of Souvenirs), a major literary vehicle for Brazilian and Portuguese writers until 1932, in which Moderno published frequently until 1889.[3] She was the first woman to enroll in high school in the Azores and attended the Lyceum Antero de Quental attached to the Convent of Grace (Portuguese: Convento da Graça).[4][5][6] In 1886, she completed the book Aspirações (Aspirations), a collection of French and Portuguese verses, which garnered praise from Camilo Castelo Branco.[7] Suffering from migraines, her father recommended cold compresses, but headstrong Moderno, caused a scandal by cutting off her hair.[5][8] She was still in high school, when her father moved his practice to Achada in the Nordeste Municipality in 1887.[9] The following year, she published Trilos and moved out of her father's house, determined to earn her own living by teaching French and Portuguese.[10]

Career edit

In November 1888, Moderno founded the magazine Recreio das Salas (Recreation of the Salon) which published works from Portuguese literary figures. She continued to publish her own works in the Almanaque, such as the poems, Dois sóis (Two suns) and Adeus! (Goodbye!).[10] In 1889, she began to work as a journalist for the Diário de Anúncios (Advertising Diary), and serialized her first novel, Dr. Luís Sandoval within its pages. By 1892, she was directing the Diário and editing the novel to be published as a book.[11] That same year, she began a courtship by correspondence with the intellectual, Joaquim de Araújo, but made it very clear to him that she was not an adherent to the Victorian values of women's domesticity. She explained that she taught 20 students and when she was not teaching, she was writing and was completely uninterested in sewing or domestic activity, having hired someone to do those tasks.[12] The relationship flourished through romantic letters, but when de Araújo came in 1893 to Ponta Delgada and the couple met for the first time, they realized that the relationship would never progress. Moderno published Os mártires do amor (The Martyrs of Love) in 1894, dedicating it to de Araújo and then broke off their relationship.[13]

Around this time, in 1893 Moderno's father moved to the United States, leaving debts behind. Her literary output declined as she had to work to pay off his obligations[14] and she moved into the home of a friend, Maria Emília Borges de Medeiros.[15] In 1901, she produced Açores, pessoas e coisas (Azores, people and things) and the following year founded the journal A Folha (The Leaf), which she published among other items from the business Tipografia A. Moderno. In 1904, returned to the Almanaque, publishing the sonnet Camões to the memory of the poet, Luís de Camões.[14] Moderno and Borges opened their home in 1906 to Maria Evelina de Sousa, a fellow teacher and writer.[15][16] Sousa and Moderno lived openly as lesbians, though after their deaths, biographers focused on Moderno's heterosexual long-distance relationship with de Araújo.[17][18][19]

In addition to her writing, Moderno ran a variety of businesses. In 1907, she purchased a bookstore and sold international volumes. Two years later, she purchased a pineapple farm in Fajã de Baixo, where she grew produce to export to the United States. She also served as an insurance agent for several national and international commercial enterprises.[20] In 1908, Moderno and Sousa created the first animal welfare organization in the Azores, establishing the Micaelense Society for the Protection of Animals (Portuguese: Sociedade Micaelense Protetora dos Animais).[16] She favored the establishment of the Portuguese Republic and supported the coup d'état which replaced the monarchy. In the constitutional discussions that followed, she contributed numerous articles in favor of divorce to protect women,[21] advocated for women's education and pressed for women's rights. She joined the Republican League of Portuguese Women and participated in many activities of the association. In August 1912, while on a visit in Lisbon, de Sousa and Moderno were honored by the Republican League for their efforts in being the primary agitators for women's rights and education in the Azores[22][23]

Moderno edited the journal Revista Pedagógica (Pedagogical Magazine) founded by Sousa and Sousa worked on the editorial staff of Folha.[22][23] Throughout the 1940s, the couple were often seen walking their dog around Ponta Delgada, with Moderno dressed in men's attire using a walking stick and smoking a cigar.[24]

Death and legacy edit

Eight days after the death of her partner of forty years, Alice Moderno died on 20 February 1946. She was buried in the Cemetery of São Joaquim in Ponta Delgada in a crypt with Sousa.[24][6] After their deaths, biographers attempted to hide their lesbian lives.[17][18][19] In 2015, an exhibit honoring Moderno which ran for six months was hosted by the Public Library and Regional Archive of Ponta Delgada.[4]

Selected works edit

  • "Morreu!" (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Açoriano oriental. 1883.[3]
  • "A ti" (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Almanaque Luso-Brasileiro de Lembranças. 1885.[3]
  • Aspirações, primeiros versos, 1883-1886 (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typ. Popular. 1886. OCLC 236234637.
  • Trillos, 1886-1888 (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typ. Popular. 1888. OCLC 775709005.
  • O Dr. Luiz Sandoval: romance (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typo-Lyth. Minerva. 1892. OCLC 864437023.
  • Os martyres do Amor (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Typ. da Companhia Nacional Editora. 1894. OCLC 11180637.
  • Açores: seu passado e presente (in Portuguese). Hayward, California: J. De Menezes. 1897. OCLC 21687340.
  • No adro (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typ. Minerva. 1899. OCLC 959156449.
  • Açores: pessoas e coisas (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typ. Popular. 1901. OCLC 68811888.
  • Mater Dolorosa: Monologo (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typ. A. Moderno. 1909. OCLC 432649527.
  • A apotheose (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typ. A. Moderno. 1910. OCLC 67291956.
  • Versos da mocidade, 1888-1911 (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typ. A. Moderno. 1911. OCLC 959091772.
  • Na vespera da incurso: peça em um acto (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typ. A. Moderno. 1913. OCLC 3900430.
  • A voz do dever: Peça en 1 acto, em verso (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Typ. A. Moderno. 1915. OCLC 432649525.
  • Trêvos (in Portuguese). Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal: Livraria Editora Andrade. 1930. OCLC 959062257.

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ Flores 2016, p. 77.
  2. ^ a b Flores 2016, p. 78.
  3. ^ a b c Flores 2016, p. 79.
  4. ^ a b Ponta Delgada Public Library 2015.
  5. ^ a b Soares de Braga 2014, p. 9.
  6. ^ a b Pascoal 2013.
  7. ^ Flores 2016, pp. 79–80.
  8. ^ Duarte 2010.
  9. ^ Flores 2016, p. 82.
  10. ^ a b Flores 2016, p. 83.
  11. ^ Flores 2016, p. 84.
  12. ^ Flores 2016, pp. 84–85.
  13. ^ Flores 2016, p. 86.
  14. ^ a b Flores 2016, p. 87.
  15. ^ a b Arquipélago 1988, p. 264.
  16. ^ a b Flores 2016, p. 91.
  17. ^ a b Almeida 2011, pp. 20–21.
  18. ^ a b Klobucka 2009, p. 5.
  19. ^ a b Pryde 2014, pp. 3–6.
  20. ^ Flores 2016, p. 89.
  21. ^ Flores 2016, p. 90.
  22. ^ a b Flores 2016, p. 92.
  23. ^ a b Lopes 2016.
  24. ^ a b Flores 2016, p. 93.

Bibliography edit

  • Almeida, São José (13 October 2011). [Lesbianism and First Republic] (PDF) (Speech). 100 anos da Implantação da República: Grupo das Treze a 13 de Outubro (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  • Duarte, Cristina L. (2010). . Centro de Documentação (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: Centro de Documentação e Arquivo Feminista Elina Guimarães. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  • Flores, Conceição (2016). "Alice Moderno: O Exercício das Letras e da Cidadania" [Alice Moderno: The Exercise of Letters and Citizenship]. Revista de Escritoras Ibéricas (in Portuguese). 4. Madrid, Spain: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia: 75–96. doi:10.5944/rei.vol.4.2016.16988. ISSN 2340-9029. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  • Klobucka, Anna M. (September 2009). Summoning Portugal's Apparitional Lesbians: A To-Do Memo. Association of British and Irish Lusitanists, 11–12 September 2009. Maynooth County Kildare, Ireland: National University of Ireland Maynooth. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  • Lopes, Manuel C. (12 February 2016). [Evelina de Sousa, Teacher and Educator, has been 70 years since she died]. Ruas com História (in Portuguese). Portugal: Manuel C. Lopes. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Self-published but with citations to source materials.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Pascoal, Cassilda (8 March 2013). [Alice Moderno and Maria Evelina: Speculations about a possible love story]. Dezanove.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  • Pryde, Dee (18 November 2014). "Lesbians in Twentieth-Century Portugal: Notes Towards History". scribd.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017. Self-published by with citations to reference material.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Soares de Braga, Teófilo (2014). Roteiro de Alice Moderno na Cidade de Ponta Delgada [Alice Moderno's Script on the City of Ponta Delgada] (in Portuguese). Pico da Pedra, Portugal: Caderno Terra Livre. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  • Arquipélago: revista do Instituto Universitário dos Açores (in Portuguese). Vol. 10. Ponta Delgada, Portugal: O Instituto Universitário dos Açores. 1988.
  • [Alice Moderno (1867-1946): citizenship and intervention]. culturacores.azores.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional de Ponta Delgada. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018.

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Alice Moderno 11 August 1867 20 February 1946 was a Portuguese writer feminist and animal welfare activist An active campaigner for women s rights she also founded the first association dedicated to animal welfare in the Azores Early biographies ignored that she was an open lesbian Alice Modernocirca 1908BornAlice Augusta Pereira de Melo Maulaz Moderno 1867 08 11 11 August 1867Paris FranceDied20 February 1946 1946 02 20 aged 78 Ponta Delgada PortugalNationalityPortugueseOccupation s writer feminist and animal welfare activistYears active1883 1946PartnerMaria Evelina de Sousa Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death and legacy 4 Selected works 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 BibliographyEarly life editAlice Augusta Pereira de Melo Maulaz Moniz Moderno was born in Paris on 11 August 1867 to Celina Pereira de Melo Maulaz and Joao Rodrigues Pereira Moderno Her father was a physician trained at the University of Paris while her mother a polyglot and pianist was trained at the Paris Conservatory Both of her parents were born in Rio de Janeiro to Brazilian mothers but her paternal grandfather was from Madeira and her maternal grandfather was French In 1867 the couple moved briefly to Terceira Island but returned to Paris after a year 1 When she was seven years old her father moved out of the family home because of an affair with a clerk from a fashion house When her grandfather died a year later the father returned and moved Moderno and her mother back to the Azores where they lived in Angra do Heroismo While they lived there her siblings Luis born 1877 Vitor born 1881 and Maria do Carmo born 1882 joined the family 2 In 1883 the family moved to Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel Island Missing her friends and family in France Moderno spent hours in her room writing poetry an activity her father scorned 2 Her first published work Morreu Died written as a memorial to the Viscountess da Praia da Vitoria was published in the newspaper Acoriano Oriental in that same year Two years later in 1885 she produced A ti To You in the Almanaque Luso Brasileiro de Lembrancas Portuguese Brazilian Almanac of Souvenirs a major literary vehicle for Brazilian and Portuguese writers until 1932 in which Moderno published frequently until 1889 3 She was the first woman to enroll in high school in the Azores and attended the Lyceum Antero de Quental attached to the Convent of Grace Portuguese Convento da Graca 4 5 6 In 1886 she completed the book Aspiracoes Aspirations a collection of French and Portuguese verses which garnered praise from Camilo Castelo Branco 7 Suffering from migraines her father recommended cold compresses but headstrong Moderno caused a scandal by cutting off her hair 5 8 She was still in high school when her father moved his practice to Achada in the Nordeste Municipality in 1887 9 The following year she published Trilos and moved out of her father s house determined to earn her own living by teaching French and Portuguese 10 Career editIn November 1888 Moderno founded the magazine Recreio das Salas Recreation of the Salon which published works from Portuguese literary figures She continued to publish her own works in the Almanaque such as the poems Dois sois Two suns and Adeus Goodbye 10 In 1889 she began to work as a journalist for the Diario de Anuncios Advertising Diary and serialized her first novel Dr Luis Sandoval within its pages By 1892 she was directing the Diario and editing the novel to be published as a book 11 That same year she began a courtship by correspondence with the intellectual Joaquim de Araujo but made it very clear to him that she was not an adherent to the Victorian values of women s domesticity She explained that she taught 20 students and when she was not teaching she was writing and was completely uninterested in sewing or domestic activity having hired someone to do those tasks 12 The relationship flourished through romantic letters but when de Araujo came in 1893 to Ponta Delgada and the couple met for the first time they realized that the relationship would never progress Moderno published Os martires do amor The Martyrs of Love in 1894 dedicating it to de Araujo and then broke off their relationship 13 Around this time in 1893 Moderno s father moved to the United States leaving debts behind Her literary output declined as she had to work to pay off his obligations 14 and she moved into the home of a friend Maria Emilia Borges de Medeiros 15 In 1901 she produced Acores pessoas e coisas Azores people and things and the following year founded the journal A Folha The Leaf which she published among other items from the business Tipografia A Moderno In 1904 returned to the Almanaque publishing the sonnet Camoes to the memory of the poet Luis de Camoes 14 Moderno and Borges opened their home in 1906 to Maria Evelina de Sousa a fellow teacher and writer 15 16 Sousa and Moderno lived openly as lesbians though after their deaths biographers focused on Moderno s heterosexual long distance relationship with de Araujo 17 18 19 In addition to her writing Moderno ran a variety of businesses In 1907 she purchased a bookstore and sold international volumes Two years later she purchased a pineapple farm in Faja de Baixo where she grew produce to export to the United States She also served as an insurance agent for several national and international commercial enterprises 20 In 1908 Moderno and Sousa created the first animal welfare organization in the Azores establishing the Micaelense Society for the Protection of Animals Portuguese Sociedade Micaelense Protetora dos Animais 16 She favored the establishment of the Portuguese Republic and supported the coup d etat which replaced the monarchy In the constitutional discussions that followed she contributed numerous articles in favor of divorce to protect women 21 advocated for women s education and pressed for women s rights She joined the Republican League of Portuguese Women and participated in many activities of the association In August 1912 while on a visit in Lisbon de Sousa and Moderno were honored by the Republican League for their efforts in being the primary agitators for women s rights and education in the Azores 22 23 Moderno edited the journal Revista Pedagogica Pedagogical Magazine founded by Sousa and Sousa worked on the editorial staff of Folha 22 23 Throughout the 1940s the couple were often seen walking their dog around Ponta Delgada with Moderno dressed in men s attire using a walking stick and smoking a cigar 24 Death and legacy editEight days after the death of her partner of forty years Alice Moderno died on 20 February 1946 She was buried in the Cemetery of Sao Joaquim in Ponta Delgada in a crypt with Sousa 24 6 After their deaths biographers attempted to hide their lesbian lives 17 18 19 In 2015 an exhibit honoring Moderno which ran for six months was hosted by the Public Library and Regional Archive of Ponta Delgada 4 Selected works edit Morreu in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Acoriano oriental 1883 3 A ti in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Almanaque Luso Brasileiro de Lembrancas 1885 3 Aspiracoes primeiros versos 1883 1886 in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typ Popular 1886 OCLC 236234637 Trillos 1886 1888 in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typ Popular 1888 OCLC 775709005 O Dr Luiz Sandoval romance in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typo Lyth Minerva 1892 OCLC 864437023 Os martyres do Amor in Portuguese Lisbon Portugal Typ da Companhia Nacional Editora 1894 OCLC 11180637 Acores seu passado e presente in Portuguese Hayward California J De Menezes 1897 OCLC 21687340 No adro in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typ Minerva 1899 OCLC 959156449 Acores pessoas e coisas in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typ Popular 1901 OCLC 68811888 Mater Dolorosa Monologo in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typ A Moderno 1909 OCLC 432649527 A apotheose in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typ A Moderno 1910 OCLC 67291956 Versos da mocidade 1888 1911 in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typ A Moderno 1911 OCLC 959091772 Na vespera da incurso peca em um acto in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typ A Moderno 1913 OCLC 3900430 A voz do dever Peca en 1 acto em verso in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Typ A Moderno 1915 OCLC 432649525 Trevos in Portuguese Angra do Heroismo Portugal Livraria Editora Andrade 1930 OCLC 959062257 References editCitations edit Flores 2016 p 77 a b Flores 2016 p 78 a b c Flores 2016 p 79 a b Ponta Delgada Public Library 2015 a b Soares de Braga 2014 p 9 a b Pascoal 2013 Flores 2016 pp 79 80 Duarte 2010 Flores 2016 p 82 a b Flores 2016 p 83 Flores 2016 p 84 Flores 2016 pp 84 85 Flores 2016 p 86 a b Flores 2016 p 87 a b Arquipelago 1988 p 264 a b Flores 2016 p 91 a b Almeida 2011 pp 20 21 a b Klobucka 2009 p 5 a b Pryde 2014 pp 3 6 Flores 2016 p 89 Flores 2016 p 90 a b Flores 2016 p 92 a b Lopes 2016 a b Flores 2016 p 93 Bibliography edit Almeida Sao Jose 13 October 2011 Lesbianismo e Primeira Republica Lesbianism and First Republic PDF Speech 100 anos da Implantacao da Republica Grupo das Treze a 13 de Outubro in Portuguese Lisbon Portugal Uniao de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta Archived from the original PDF on 6 February 2016 Retrieved 27 June 2017 Duarte Cristina L 2010 Alice Moderno 1867 1964 Centro de Documentacao in Portuguese Lisbon Portugal Centro de Documentacao e Arquivo Feminista Elina Guimaraes Archived from the original on 14 June 2018 Retrieved 14 June 2018 Flores Conceicao 2016 Alice Moderno O Exercicio das Letras e da Cidadania Alice Moderno The Exercise of Letters and Citizenship Revista de Escritoras Ibericas in Portuguese 4 Madrid Spain Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia 75 96 doi 10 5944 rei vol 4 2016 16988 ISSN 2340 9029 Retrieved 13 June 2018 Klobucka Anna M September 2009 Summoning Portugal s Apparitional Lesbians A To Do Memo Association of British and Irish Lusitanists 11 12 September 2009 Maynooth County Kildare Ireland National University of Ireland Maynooth Retrieved 14 June 2018 Lopes Manuel C 12 February 2016 Evelina de Sousa Professora e Educadora faz hoje 70 anos que faleceu Evelina de Sousa Teacher and Educator has been 70 years since she died Ruas com Historia in Portuguese Portugal Manuel C Lopes Archived from the original on 28 June 2017 Retrieved 28 June 2017 Self published but with citations to source materials a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint postscript link Pascoal Cassilda 8 March 2013 Alice Moderno e Maria Evelina Especulacoes sobre uma possivel historia de amor Alice Moderno and Maria Evelina Speculations about a possible love story Dezanove pt in Portuguese Lisbon Portugal Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 14 June 2018 Pryde Dee 18 November 2014 Lesbians in Twentieth Century Portugal Notes Towards History scribd com Retrieved 27 June 2017 Self published by with citations to reference material a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint postscript link Soares de Braga Teofilo 2014 Roteiro de Alice Moderno na Cidade de Ponta Delgada Alice Moderno s Script on the City of Ponta Delgada in Portuguese Pico da Pedra Portugal Caderno Terra Livre Retrieved 14 June 2018 Arquipelago revista do Instituto Universitario dos Acores in Portuguese Vol 10 Ponta Delgada Portugal O Instituto Universitario dos Acores 1988 Alice Moderno 1867 1946 cidadania e intervencao Alice Moderno 1867 1946 citizenship and intervention culturacores azores gov pt in Portuguese Ponta Delgada Portugal Biblioteca Publica e Arquivo Regional de Ponta Delgada 25 September 2015 Archived from the original on 13 June 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alice Moderno amp oldid 1156604820, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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