Maria dos Santos Machado

Maria dos Santos Machado
Born25 February 1890
Died4 October 1958 (Aged 68)
Lisbon
NationalityPortuguese
Known forCommunist imprisoned by the Estado Novo regime in Portugal on four occasions

Maria dos Santos Machado (1890 – 1958) was a teacher and a Communist Party activist against the authoritarian Estado Novo (which governed Portugal from 1926 to 1974). She was imprisoned on four occasions between 1936 and her death in 1958.