Elzira Dantas Machado | |
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First Lady of Portugal | |
In role 11 December 1925 – 31 May 1926 | |
Preceded by | Belmira das Neves |
Succeeded by | Maria das Dores Cabeçadas |
In role 5 October 1915 – 5 December 1917[1] | |
Preceded by | Position vacant |
Succeeded by | Maria dos Prazeres Pais |
Personal details | |
Born | Elzira Dantas Gonçalves Pereira 15 December 1865 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Died | 22 April 1942 Porto, Portugal | (aged 76)
Nationality | Portuguese |
Spouse | |
Children | 19 children |
Elzira Dantas Gonçalves Pereira Machado GCC (15 December 1865 – 22 April 1942) was a Portuguese feminist activist. From 1882 until her death in 1942, she was the wife of Bernardino Machado, two-time President of the Portuguese Republic and, as such, was the First Lady of Portugal from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1926.