Antónia de Sousa (22 July 1940 – 15 May 2025) was a Portuguese journalist and feminist. She was one of the first women to be part of a newsroom team.[1]
Antónia de Sousa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 July 1940 |
| Died | 15 May 2025 (aged 84) Cascais, Portugal |
Career
editAntónia de Sousa was born in Vila Nova de Gaia, on 22 July 1940, starting work as a journalist at Jornal Feminino, in Porto. She moved to the editorial staff of the Diário de Lisboa, working in the attic, next to the newspaper's archive because she was a woman.[2] She also worked for the women's magazines Modas e Bordados and Flama, and helped found the newspaper A Luta, joining Diário de Notícias in 1979.[3][4]
A strong defender of women's rights, she developed several reporting programs dedicated to them, for RTP, where she presented the situation and the role of women in Portuguese society.[5]
Death
editDe Sousa died on 15 May 2025, at the age of 84.[6]
References
edit- ↑ Ferro, Carlos (15 May 2025). "Morreu Antónia de Sousa, jornalista do DN "empenhada em defender os direitos das mulheres"". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ Jornalistas, Clube de (15 May 2024). "Antónia de Sousa (1947-2025)". Clube de Jornalistas (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ "Última Edição | A Luta". hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ Lusa, Agência. "Jornalista pioneira Antónia de Sousa morre aos 84 anos". DNOTICIAS.PT (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ Afonso, Maria Almeida, Pedro Miguel Santos, Bernardo (8 March 2017). "Maria Antónia Palla sobre feminismo, jornalismo de causas e o aborto". Fumaça (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Ferro, Carlos (15 May 2025). "Morreu Antónia de Sousa, jornalista do DN "empenhada em defender os direitos das mulheres"". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2025.