Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yake matashi Lopes Vieira ya fara shiga cikin batutuwan siyasa da na 'yanci daban-daban, ya zama memba mai himma na Jam'iyyar Republican, wanda ke da burin kifar da masarautar Portugal. Ta kuma zama mai kare hakkin mata da anarcho-syndicalist, ta shiga cikin yajin aikin masana kimiyya a kan gwamnati a 1907. A cikin 1910, ta fara aiki a matsayin malama a "Escola-Oficina No 1" a Lisbon. Bayan kifar da masarautar
a cikin 1910, kuma duk da asalinta mai tawali'u, da sauri ta sami damar shigar da kanta cikin da'irar masu ilimi na Fotigal. A Babban Taron Portuguese na Free tunani ta sadu da mijinta, António Pinto Quartin, masanin ilimin Brazil da kuma mai fafutuka na asalin Fotigal. A cikin 1913, ta tafi Brazil, tare da mijinta wanda aka kore shi daga Portugal saboda ra'ayoyin sa na anarchist. Ta zauna a can har zuwa 1915, lokacin da aka ba iyalin damar komawa Portugal.