Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1907 Cabete ya zama Freemason, ya shiga Grand Orient of Portugal Lodge. A shekara ta 1909, tare da Ana de Castro Osório, Carolina Beatriz Ângelo da sauran mata masu goyon bayan jam'iyyar Republican, ta zama daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa kungiyar Republican League of Portuguese Women, wadanda dukansu suka nemi kawo karshen mulkin mallaka na Portugal
kuma ya yi kira ga 'yancin mata da' yancin mata. A matsayinta na 'yar jamhuriya mai gwagwarmaya, kamar mijinta, ta shiga cikin farfagandar da ta gabaci canjin mulki a ranar 5 ga Oktoba 1910.