Five decades after the publication of the New Portuguese Letters, the story of this book remains pertinent and must be revisited so that generations to come may become acquainted with the women who wrote it. Women who stood against a patriarchal society with literature and the power of words. Women who were tried for writing a book. Whose courage, resolve and deep sense of sisterhood helped them face a hostile society and political regime.

The story of these three women is also a story of international solidarity. Evoking one of the slogans of the time, “All Women Are Maria”, from Paris to New York, hundreds of women took the streets to show their support to all Portuguese women.

In a time when some democracies show signs of fragility and when one sees, once again, attempts to control one’s liberties, we show this story and their protagonists, for they are an example of resistance in times of repression, whenever they may be.