Maria Aparecida Schumaher


Maria Aparecida Schumaher, known as Schuma, is a Brazilian pedagogue and feminist.

Biography

Shuma participated of the women's rights movement since the 1970 decade. As coordinator for the NGO Redeh, she organized the Dicionário Mulheres do Brasil , collecting entries about 900 women who impacted Brazilian history. She also coordinated the campaign "Quem ama abraça - Fazendo escola", denouncing the violence against women. She was also director of the Articulação de Mulheres Brasileiras.
In 2004, Shuma was awarded the Bertha Lutz Diploma, bestowed by the Brazilian Senate.

Works

  • 2000 - Dicionário mulheres do Brasil - Zahar
  • 2004 - Gogó de Emas: a participação das mulheres na história do Estado de Alagoas - Imprensa Oficial
  • 2006 - Mulheres negras do Brasil - Senac
  • 2015- Mulheres no Poder- trajetórias na política a partir da luta das sufragistas -Edições de Janeiro