Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
About Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra
- Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra (née Eugênia Brandão; March 6, 1898, Juiz de Fora - June 16, 1948, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian journalist, actress and theater director, who became president of the professional theater union.
- A feminist pioneer, she was a leader of the suffrage campaign in Brazil.
- She was also linked to the Brazilian modernist movement and was a staunch defender of Communist ideals.
- She was married to the poet and writer Álvaro Moreyra, who played a major role in the renewal of the Brazilian theater, organizing cultural popularization campaigns and working as an actress, director, translator, declaimer and later president of the union of theater professionals.
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