Maria Isabel BarrenoThe 3 Marias, all feminists, all named Maria, all mothers, all educated by nuns, wrote this book together about the lives of women in Portugal. When they submitted the text to the national censors as required by law in the closing days of the Portuguse dictatorship, they were arrested for "abusing the freedom of the press" and for pornography. Their book and their treatment became the first international protest issue of the feminist movement. With the fall of the dictatorship in 1974, their trial was ended and the charges dropped. MARIA ISABEL BARRENO (1939-2016) was a Portuguese writer, essayist, journalist and sculptor. After the national and international acclaim accorded her as one of "The Three Marias", she continued her dedication to feminist literature. She was the winner of the Fernando Nemoura Prize (1991) for her work Crónica do Tempo and for Os Sensos Incomuns in 1993 she won the PEN Club Portugal Fiction Prize and the Grand Prize of Camilo Castelo Branco. Read More Read Less