Maria Quiteria's Wallpaper

Do you know Maria Quitéria de Jesus? She was the first woman to join the Brazilian Army. Considered the heroine of Independence, the Bahian woman pretended to be a man in order to join the Armed Forces. After the end of the independence wars, Maria Quitéria decided to return to the region where she lived. Dom Pedro I wrote a letter to her father acknowledging her importance to Brazil and asking that she be forgiven for running away from home. Below you can check the best Maria Quitéria wallpapers!