Billboard Dad was released in April of 1998.
Emilia Moncorvo Bandeira de Melo -LRB- 1852 -- 1910 -RRB- was a Brazilian writer who commonly wrote under the pseudonym Carmen Dolores .. pseudonym. pseudonym. Other pseudonyms she used included Julia de Castro and Leonel Sampaio .. She was born either in Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro -LRB- historians have disputed which one -RRB- , and lived in Rio during her writing career , frequently contributing to the newspapers O Pais and Correio da Manha .. Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo. Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro. Her weekly column in O Pais featured cronicas -LRB- literally `` chronicles '' -RRB- , brief nonfiction pieces about Brazilian life , which were likely her most famous writings .. The cronicas demonstrated Dolores 's activism for women 's rights , arguing for fair wage legislation , educational reform , and the repealing of anti-divorce laws in Brazil .. educational reform. educational reform. In 1910 , a collection of the cronicas was published in book form as Ao Esvoacar da Ideia -LRB- `` On the Fluttering of an Idea '' -RRB- .. Dolores 's other published books include the novel A Luta -LRB- `` The Struggle '' , published posthumously in 1911 -RRB- and several collections of short stories .. She also wrote literary criticism and plays .. literary criticism. literary criticism. Dolores 's works were well received in Brazil during her lifetime , though some critics found her style more `` masculine '' -LRB- i.e. more forceful and self-assured -RRB- than was thought proper for a woman .. For example , the writer Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto , in an otherwise highly positive appreciation of her work , criticized the cronicas for their sharp social commentary .