Laudelina de Campos Melo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Laudelina de Campos Melo

Brazilian women's rights, black movement and labor activist

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1904

Place of Birth: Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Date of Death: 12-May-1991

Profession: domestic worker, activist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Laudelina de Campos Melo (12 October 1904 – 12 May 1991) was an Afro-Brazilian activist, labor organizer and community worker.
A domestic worker for most of her life, she recognized early in life the discrimination against and undervaluation of working women.
Throughout her life, she strove to change public perception and policy vis-à-vis domestic workers, and was successful in establishing organizations for domestic workers to lobby for being recognized as a class of workers entitled to labor rights.