Gilka Machado [SEP] sex or gender
Gilka Machado
Gilka Machado (1893–1980) was a Brazilian poet and political activist. She became known as one of the first women to write erotic poetry in Brazil; her work is usually classified as symbolist. Machado was also one of the founders of the Partido Republicano Feminino (Women's Republican Party) in 1910,which advocated for the women's right to vote.
Life.
Machado was born in 1893, in Rio de Janeiro. She started to write poetry as a child. At age 14 she participated of a
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