CONTENTS
A Shortlived Romance
Inaiá (1500-1514)
Tebereté (1514-1548)
Desolate Wilderness
Sahy (1531-1569)
Filipa (1552-1584)
Maria Cafuza (1579-1605)
Maria Taiaôba (1605-1671) and Belmira (1631-1658)
Guilhermina (1648-1693)
Improbable Splendor
Ana de Pádua (1683-1730)
Clara Joaquina (1711-1740)
Jacira Antônia (1737-1812) and Maria Bárbara (1773-1790)
Damiana (1789-1822)
Vicious Modernity
Açucena Brasília/Antônia Carlota (1816-1906)
Diana América (1846-1883)
Diva Felícia (1876-1925)
Ana Eulália (1906-1930)
A Promising Sign
Rosa Alfonsina (1926- )
Lígia (1945-1971)
Maria Flor (1968- )