Maria Rita Soares de Andrade

Maria Rita Soares de Andrade (3 April 1904 – April 1998) was a Brazilian lawyer and judge, who became Brazil's first female federal judge in 1967.[1] She was also the first woman to enter the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (Portuguese: Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil).[1]

Maria Rita Soares de Andrade
Federal Judge (Portuguese: Juíza Federal)
In office
1967 – April 1974
Appointed byHumberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Personal details
Born(1904-03-04)March 4, 1904
Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
DiedApril 1998
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Alma materFederal University of Bahia

Andrade was appointed to the bench in 1967, sitting in the fourth federal judicial division (Portuguese: 4ª Vara Federal) of Rio de Janeiro state, and served until her mandated retirement in April 1974.[1] She also served as a state and federal prosecutor.[2]

Andrade was born and grew up in Aracaju, attending public schools until university.[3] She studied law at the Federal University of Bahia, graduating in 1926. She was the only woman in her class and the third to complete a law degree at the university.[4]

Andrade was active in feminist causes while at university and shortly thereafter. She founded the Sergipe chapter of the Women's University Union (Portuguese: União Universitária Feminina),[5] later known as the Brazilian Association of University Women (Portuguese: Associação Brasileira de Mulheres Universitárias).[6]

Notes
  1. "Lugar de Mulher é na "Corte"". Migalhas (in Portuguese). 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. "Dra. Maria Rita Soares de Andrade (1973)". Justiça Federal, Seção Judiciária do Rio de Janeiro (Federal Judiciary, Rio de Janeiro Division). Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. de Freitas 2003, p. 92.
  4. de Freitas 2003, p. 94.
  5. Mulheres pioneiras : Elas fizeram história (in Portuguese). Chamber of Deputies. p. 18. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  6. "Pesquisa analisa a trajetória de inserção das mulheres no ensino superior" (in Portuguese). Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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