Her writing has been published in such journals as "Diário de Lisboa", "A Capital", "República", "O Século", "Diário de Notícias" and "Jornal de Letras e Artes", and she was editor in chief of "Mulheres" magazine.
She took part in the Portuguese Feminist Movement with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Velho da Costa (the Three Marias) and was a member of the Poesia 61 group.
Cordemais
Cordemais is a commune of 3,705 people (2017). It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Maria Isabel Barreno
Maria Isabel Barreno de Faria Martins (10 July 1939 – 3 September 2016) was a Portuguese writer. She was born in Lisbon. Taking part in the Portuguese feminist movement, together with the writers Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa, they became known as one of Portugal's best known feminist writers.
On 8 March 2004, she was made a Grand Official in the Ordem do Infante D. Henrique.
Barreno died on 3 September 2016 at the age of 77.
Maria Velho da Costa
Maria de Fátima de Bivar Velho da Costa (June 26, 1938 – May 23, 2020) was a Portuguese writer. She was born in Lisbon. She was awarded the Camões Prize in 2002. She took part in the Portuguese Feminist Movement with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Teresa Horta (the Three Marias). Her best written work is a collection of feminist writings titled "New Portuguese Letters", which were published in 1972.
Velho da Costa died on May 23, 2020 in Lisbon at the age of 81.
The Cape Town Affair
The Cape Town Affair is a 1967 South African spy drama movie directed by Robert D. Webb and stars Claire Trevor, James Brolin, Jacqueline Bisset, Bob Courtney, Gordon Mulholland, Siegfried Mynhardt, Patrick Mynhardt. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and is a remake of 1953 movie "Pickup on South Street".
Affair of the Diamond Necklace
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace (, "affair of the Queen's necklace") was an incident from 1784 through 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France involving his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette.
The reputation of the Queen had already been ruined by gossip. The event is historically significant as one of the events that led to the French populace's disillusionment with the monarchy and led to the French Revolution.
In 1772, Louis XV of France decided to make Madame du Barry, with whom he was in love with, a special gift at the cost of 2,000,000 livres (about $15.1 million in 2020 USD). He wanted Parisian jewelers Charles Auguste Boehmer and Paul Bassange to create a diamond necklace that would be the greatest necklace ever made.
A trickster who called herself Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, also known as Jeanne de la Motte, created a plan to use the necklace to get rich and possibly power and royal honors. In March 1785, Jeanne became the mistress of the Cardinal de Rohan, a former French ambassador to the court of Vienna.
The Cardinal was hated by Queen Marie Antoinette for having spread rumors about the Queen's behavior to her mother, the Holy Roman empress Maria Theresa. The Queen had also learned of a letter in which the Cardinal spoke of Maria Theresa in a manner that the Queen found offensive.
At this time, the Cardinal was trying to get the Queen's to like him again so that he could become Prime Minister of France. Jeanne de la Motte persuaded Rohan that she had been friends with the Queen. After hearing this, Rohan used Jeanne to get the Queen to like him again (though he did not know that Jeanne was lying to him). Jeanne promised the Cardinal that she will get the Queen to like him.
The affair began after Jeanned continued to send fake letters to the Cardinal pretending to be Marie Antoinette. After Rohan fell in love with Antoinette as he believed she was falling in love with him, he wanted to meet her. In the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, the Cardinal met with a woman he believed to be Marie Antoinette. In fact, the woman was a prostitute, Nicole Le Guay d'Oliva, whom Jeanne had hired because of her resemblance to the Queen.
Jeanne took advantage of lying to Rohan by asking a lot of money.
On 21 January 1785, Jeanne told the Cardinal that Marie Antoinette wanted to buy the necklace; but, not wishing to purchase such an expensive item publicly during a time of need, the Queen wanted the Cardinal to act as a secret buyer. A little while later, Rohan negotiated the purchase of the necklace for 2,000,000 livres. Rohan took the necklace to Jeanne's house, where a man, whom Rohan believed to be a valet of the Queen, came to fetch it. The diamond necklace “was picked apart, and the gems sold on the black markets of Paris and London” by Madame de la Motte.
When Marie Antoinette found out about this, she had Rohan arrested publicly. When this happened, Jeanne had left the town but was arrested afterwards.
Cardinal Rohan and Jeanne de la Motte were found guilty. Rohan was sentenced to strip his honors and ambassador jobs and in exile. Jeanne was sentenced to be whipped, branded and in jail. However, she escaped jail and took refuge in London.
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, "self proclaimed" "Comtesse de la Motte" (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was a known French thief. She was married to Nicholas de la Motte whose family's claim to nobility is dubious.
She herself was a descendant of the Valois royal family through an illegitimate son of King Henry II. She is known for her role in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, one of many scandals that led to the French Revolution and helped to destroy the monarchy of France.
Annie Bovaird
Lindsay Anne "Annie" Bovaird (born February 28, 1992) is a Canadian actress, well known for voicing the title character in the animated TV series "Caillou" after its previous voice actress "Jaclyn Linetsky" died in a car crash. She also voiced "Elsa" in "Creepschool", "Zaza" in "Dragon Hunters", "Denim Farqueson" in "The Tournament", "Juju" in "Potatoes and Dragons" and was in other shows and movies.
Cardinal de Rohan
Louis René Édouard de Rohan known as Cardinal de Rohan (25 September 1734 – 16 February 1803), "prince de Rohan-Guéméné", was a French bishop of Strasbourg, politician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and cadet of the Rohan family.
His parents were Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéméné and Louise Gabrielle Julie de Rohan. He was born in Paris.
Rohan was made Ambassador to Vienna in 1771. He arrived at Vienna in January 1772, and made a great party of himself. Because of this, Empress Maria Theresa and her daughter, Marie Antoinette did not like him.
He was a key figure of the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. In an attempt to get on Marie Antoinette's good side, he thought that Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy was a friend of the Queen, however not knowing that she lied to him, he was tricked into buying the diamond necklace and giving it to Jeanne.
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 movie)
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1951 British drama movie directed by Zoltan Korda and based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Alan Paton. It stars Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Sidney Poitier, Joyce Carey, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Goodliffe and was distributed by United Artists.
Lamington, New Jersey
Lamington is an unincorporated community located within Bedminster Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.
The Lamington Historic District, which includes the Presbyterian Church and the Lamington Black Cemetery, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Ann Mitchell
Ann Mitchell (born 22 April 1939) is a British actress. She was born in London. She became known in the 1980s when she starred as Dolly Rawlins in the crime series "Widows" as well as the sequels "Widows 2" and "She's Out".
In 2011, she was cast as Cora Cross in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". She also starred as Mrs. Warren in "Mrs. Warren's Profession" and her Laurence Olivier Award nominated performance in "Through the Leaves".
Watchhouse in the Carpathians