Maria Quiteria

Maria Quiteria is remembered for brazilian independence, women in military history, bahian history. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

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Maria Quitéria de Jesus was a Brazilian soldier and national heroine. She served in the Brazilian War of Independence in 1822–24 dressed as a man. She was promoted to cadet and lieutenant and later decorated with the Imperial Order of the Cross. Quitéria has been called the "Brazilian Joan of Arc", and has become a legendary figure in Brazil. Quitéria was the first woman to serve in a military unit in the country. She is known as one of the three Bahia women fighters against the Portuguese along with Maria Filipa de Oliveira and Sister Joana Angélica (1761-1822).

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