Odete Isabel

Odete Isabel
Born
Maria Odete Isabel

(1940-07-14)14 July 1940
Cantanhede, Coimbra District, Portugal
OccupationPharmacist
Years active45
Known forOne of the first five women in Portugal to become mayor of a municipality (1976)

Odete Isabel (born 1940) is a Portuguese former pharmacist and politician, who is also a leading freemason. She was a founder member of the Associação Portuguesa de Farmacêuticos Hospitalares (Portuguese Association of Hospital Pharmacists - APFH) and its president from 1993 to 2002. In 1976 she was one of the first five women, known as "The Magnificent Five", to be elected as mayors of Portuguese municipalities. Isabel was Grand Master of the Grande Loja Feminina de Portugal masonic lodge, between 2010 and 2012 and re-appointed to the position in October 2021.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "PS homenageou Odete Isabel, única mulher presidente da autarquia mealhadense". Jornal da Mealhada. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Odete Isabel". APDH. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Maçonaria - Nova Grã-Mestre na Grande Loja Feminina de Portugal". My Fraternity. Retrieved 29 June 2024.