Semukadzi wechikadzi uye pacifist, aibatanidzwa nemapoka ePortugal 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 akadzidza 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 nevakawanda veavo vakagovana zvaaitenda, aivewo weRepublican achitsigira kuputswa kwehumambo, kwakaitika musi wa5 Gumiguru 1910.
. Mushure mekugadzwa kweRepublic yekutanga yePortugal, uye senhengo yeRepublican League yevakadzi vePortugal, akataura zvakasimba kuti achinje mutemo kubvumidza kurambana.