caption death_date death_place birth_place other_names nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
eugênia Álvaro moreyra -lrb- 1920 -rrb- 16 june 1948 rio de janeiro juiz de fora eugênia brandão brazilian 06 march 1898 pioneering eugenia alvaro moreyra.jpg eugênia Álvaro moreyra
 eugênia Álvaro moreyra journalist
eugênia Álvaro moreyra

eugênia Álvaro moreyra -lrb- née `` eugênia brandão '' ; march 6 , 1898 , juiz de fora - june 16 , 1948 , rio de janeiro -rrb- was a brazilian journalist , actress and theater director , who became president of the professional theater union .
a feminist pioneer , she was a leader of the suffrage campaign in brazil .
she was also linked to the brazilian modernist movement and was a staunch defender of communist ideals .
she was married to the poet and writer Álvaro moreyra , who played a major role in the renewal of the brazilian theater , organizing cultural popularization campaigns and working as an actress , director , translator , declaimer and later president of the union of theater professionals .
