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Benedita da Silva is a Brazilian politician. From a humble background, she faced class and racial prejudice, overcoming it to become the first female and Afro-Brazilian governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro and, later, Minister of the said Secretary of State as well in the Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Benedita (1746-1829) was the youngest daughter of King Jose I of Portugal and his wife Mariana of Spain.
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