WMaria Emilia Archer Eyrolles Baltasar Moreira, known to her readers as Maria Archer, was a writer and activist from Lisbon, Portugal.
WLutgarda Guimarães de Caires, also Lutegarda and Luthegarda, (1873–1935) was a Portuguese women's rights activist and poet. She is remembered for starting the Portuguese tradition of bringing gifts of clothes, toys and sweets to children in hospital at Christmas. She fought successfully to have conditions for female prisoners significantly improved. In addition to her award-winning poetry, Lutgarda de Caires published articles in the press calling for equal opportunities for women and improvements to their property rights.
WMaria de Fátima de Bivar Velho da Costa was a Portuguese writer who was awarded the Camões Prize in 2002. She took part in the Portuguese Feminist Movement with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Teresa Horta.
WVimala Devi is the pseudonym of Teresa da Piedade de Baptista Almeida, a Goan writer, poet and translator.
WJoana Beatriz Nunes Vicente Amaral Dias, widely referred to in the media as Joana Amaral Dias is a Portuguese politician and clinical psychologist, with master's and Ph.D. degrees in that area. She is the daughter of psychiatrist Carlos Amaral Dias. Besides clinical practice, university teaching and scientific research, she is the author of numerous papers and scholarly articles. In 2010 she published the book Maníacos de Qualidade, a biographical and psychological analysis of historical figures in Portugal. She was also one of the highest ranked party members of the Bloco de Esquerda, although elected for member of the Portuguese Parliament as an independent (2002–2005). In the Portuguese presidential election, 2006 she was a supporter of Mário Soares with a mandate for the youth. She is also a columnist and political analyst. Joana Amaral Dias collaborated with the Diário de Notícias, TSF, SIC, and SIC Notícias. She authored the political column on RTP N and wrote in the newspaper Correio da Manhã and the blog Frontal Cortex.
WFlorbela Espanca was a Portuguese poet. She is known for her passionate and feminist poetry. Fernando Pessoa later said she was his "twin soul".
WGrada Kilomba is a Portuguese writer, psychologist, theorist and interdisciplinary artist whose works critically examine memory, trauma, gender, racism and post-colonialism. She uses various formats to express herself ranging from text to scenic reading and performance. Moreover, she combines academic and lyrical narrative. In 2012, she was guest professor for Gender studies and Postcolonial studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
WMaria Lamas was a Portuguese writer, translator, journalist, and feminist political activist.
WNunes da Cunha Rodrigues Joaquim, more commonly known as Maria Gabriela Llansol, was a Portuguese writer and translator. Llansol took an independent view of history and the structure of writing. She did not aim to be popular, but believed that her writing would live longer than she did. She won the Portuguese Writers Association prize for two of her novels.
WAlice Moderno was a Portuguese writer, feminist and animal rights activist. An active campaigner for women's rights, she also founded the first association dedicated to animal welfare in the Azores. Early biographies ignored that she was an open lesbian.
WOlga Moraes Sarmento da Silveira was a Portuguese writer and feminist.
WMaria da Conceição Infante de Lacerda Pereira de Eça Custance O'Neill was a Portuguese writer, poet, journalist, and spiritualist of Irish descent.
WBeatriz Pinheiro or Beatriz Paes Pinheiro de Lemos was a Portuguese writer concerned with improving the rights of women. She was a pacifist who became convinced that Portugal should fight in the First World War.
WMaria Veleda, the pseudonym widely used by Maria Carolina Frederico Crispin (1871–1955), was a Portuguese educator, journalist and activist. One of the most effective early feminists in Portugal, she fought for the rights of women factory workers and encouraged the education of women, launching the Portuguese Group of Feminist Studies in 1907. She was a co-founder of the Republican League of Portuguese Women in 1908, later becoming President of the Board, while in 1915 she promoted the involvement of women in politics, founding the Female Association of Democratic Propaganda.
WAlice Vieira is a Portuguese children's book author.