Leontina de Cabral Hogan
Maria Leontina Mendes Ferreira Cabral Hogan, also known as Leontina de Cabral Hogan (6 January 1886 — 18 January 1943 ) was a Portuguese medium, spiritist, and feminist activist and member of the National Council of Portuguese Women. Early life Born in Funchal to a wealthy family of the Madeiran bourgeoisie, her parents were João Ferreira Cabral and his wife Virgínia Maria Mendes. She married her first husband, her cousin Carlos Olavo Correia de Azevedo Júnior, in Lisbon on 21 July 1911. They divorced in 1921. On February 28, 1934, she married her second husband, the Portuguese Navy officer and painter, Álvaro Navarro Hogan (1879–1950), who was of Irish descent. Spiritism In 1925, she became a spiritist, joining the movement founded by . She corresponded with the poet and writer Alfredo Pimenta, discussing topics such as "the division of religion Christian faith in the different established dogmas ". Feminism De Cabral Hogan was a member of the National Council of Portuguese Women, a feminist organization dedicated to the defence of women's social and political rights, from 1938. She joined the Literature Section in 1940, working alongside the activists Etelvina Lopes de Almeida, , Maria Lamas, Maria da Luz Albuquerque and