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Dona Julia de Serpa Pimentel

Died 28 Feb 1934

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A life in time

  1. 1907–1914

    4 children are born

  2. 28 Feb 1934

    Dies

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 4

During her lifetime

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1930s · Dona dies

Who governed

What people wore

Embroidering by oil lamp light

Women frequently worked until 11:00 PM by the light of oil lamps to embroider their festival clothing after a full day of labor.

Getting around

Limited access to rural sanctuaries

Until the mid-1930s, accessing the sanctuary of Porto d'Ave was only possible on foot or by horse along narrow paths, as roads were not yet suitable for automobiles or animal-drawn carriages.

At the table

Wartime Rationing and Factory Meals

During the 1940s, food scarcity led to the rationing of essential goods like cod, olive oil, and sugar using quarterly coupon booklets. Workers often brought their own meals in aluminum lunchboxes to the factory, heating them with alcohol kept in shoe polish tins.

The Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 set off a world depression: banks failed, work vanished and coffee prices collapsed in Brazil.Around the world · 1929–1939

The Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 set off a world depression: banks failed, work vanished and coffee prices collapsed in Brazil.

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In the news1930

Establishment of the Estado Novo single party

The National Union was established as a single party as part of the Estado Novo regime's institutionalisation.

Music

Concertina: The Heart of Northern Festivals

The concertina, a small diatonic button accordion, became the essential instrument for village festivals, pilgrimages, and dances, particularly in northwestern Portugal.

Daily life

Lack of Basic Infrastructure in Homes

In rural areas, many homes lacked running water, electricity, and toilets, with families often using basic holes in the ground for sewage. Cooking typically occurred on floor-level fires without chimneys, leaving walls blackened by smoke.