Women of Brazil - by Paulo Rezzutti

Women of Brazil - The Untold Story rescues the stories of more than 200 women from the most varied eras who had their biographies altered, distorted or who simply did not even appear in conventional records.

After demystifying the figures of emperors D. Pedro I and D. Leopoldina, writer and researcher Paulo Rezzutti focuses on women known or ignored in the history of Brazil: from warriors to villains, from women in power to artists. It also illuminates little-known trajectories of enslaved indigenous and black women and progresses to the present day, with women like Marielle Franco, the Rio councilor murdered in March 2018 for daring not to be invisible.

The book arrives at a time when the discussion about the role of women in society intensifies, surprising the reader by re-presenting events in the history of Brazil with female characters finally reinserted in the prominent roles that were denied to them by the official narrative.