Maria Firmina dos Reis

Maria Firmina dos Reis was born in São Luís do Maranhão, on October 11, 1825, "natural daughter" of the freed slave Leonor Felippa dos Reis, having as her grandmother the also freed slave Engrácia Romana da Paixão and, as her uncle, the teacher, grammarian and philologist Sotero dos Reis, belonging to the white branch of the family and with a strong presence in the literate circles of the capital of Maranhão.
In 1847, she was approved in a public competition for the Chair of Primary Instruction in the village of São José de Guimarães, in the municipality of Viamão, located on the mainland and separated from the capital by São Marcos Bay, as recorded by her biographers Nascimento Morais Filho (1975) and Agenor Gomes (2022).
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