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Maria Rita Soares de Andrade

Brazilian judge

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Maria Rita Soares de Andrade (3 April 1904 – April 1998) was a Brazilian lawyer and judge, who became Brazil's first female federal judge in 1967.^[1] She was also the first woman to enter the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (Portuguese: Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil).^[1]

Andrade was appointed to the bench in 1967, sitting in the fourth federal judicial division (Portuguese: 4ª Vara Federal) of Rio de Janeiro state, and served until her mandated retirement in April 1974.^[1] She also served as a state and federal prosecutor.^[2]

Andrade was born and grew up in Aracaju, attending public schools until university.^[3] She studied law at the Federal University of Bahia, graduating in 1926. She was the only woman in her class and the third to complete a law degree at the university.^[4]

Andrade was active in feminist causes while at university and shortly thereafter. She founded the Sergipe chapter of the Women's University Union (Portuguese: União Universitária Feminina),^[5] later known as the Brazilian Association of University Women (Portuguese: Associação Brasileira de Mulheres Universitárias).^[6]

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• de Freitas, Anamaria Gonçalves Bueno (26 May 2003). Educação, trabalho e ação política : sergipanas no início do século XX (PhD thesis) (in Portuguese). University of Campinas.

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