Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Semunhukadzi uye pacifist, aibatanidzwa nemapoka ePortuguese uye epasi rose epasfist, mukuwedzera pakuve mubatanidzwa we ("Grupo Português de Estudos Feministas"), iyo yakaumbwa muna 1907, inotungamirwa naAna de Castro Osório, Adelaide Cabete, zvakare chiremba uyo Quintino akange adzidza naye muLisbon, naMaria Veleda. Iri sangano, rakavharwa muna 1908, raiva nechinangwa chokuparadzira pfungwa dzokusunungurwa kwevakadzi. Pasinei zvapo noupenyu hwayo hupfupi yakaumba hwaro hwokufambira mberi kwomunguva yemberi kwamamwe masangano avakadzi, anogara kwenguva refu. Quintino akanyora nyaya dzevakadzi mupepanhau rakanangana nevakadzi, "Jornal das Senhoras", uye akanyora zvinhu zvekudzidzisa zvevakadzi, achinyanya kufunga nezvehutano hwevana. Kufanana navazhinji vaavo vakagoverana zvitendero zvake, akanga ariwo weRepublican achitsigira kuputswa kweumambo, kwakaitika musi wa
5 October 1910. Mushure mekugadzwa kweRepublic yekutanga yePortugal, uye senhengo yeRepublican League yevakadzi vePortugal, akataura zvakasimba kuti achinje mutemo kubvumidza kurambana.