Romy Medeiros da Fonseca papers, 1949-2007

Collection Summary

Title	Romy Medeiros da Fonseca papers, 1949-2007
Span Dates	1949-2007
ID No.	HISP409763
Creator	Romy Medeiros da Fonseca, 1921-2013
Extent	Approximately 5,000 items
Extent	67 containers
Extent	203 linear feet
Language	Collection material inEnglish, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Italian.
Location	Hispanic Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.hisp/eadhisp.hi013001
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2013409763
Summary	Romy Medeiros da Fonseca Biography: Distinguished lawyer and feminist from Rio de Janeiro, Romy Medeiros da Fonseca (RMF) was the main agent behind various movements that fought for women’s rights in Brazil. She was the co-author of the New Statue of the Married Woman in 1962, the intellectual author of the 1977 law allowing couples to divorce, and fought for the rights of women’s rights to enlist in the military. RMF became an active agent for individual’s rights during Brazil’s political process that began in 1964 with the dictatorial government until the country’s political transition during the 1980’s. She was a member of the United Nations council on issues related to women’s rights as well as family planning.