Nísia Floresta was a 19th-century writer and translator known as “the Brazilian Mary Wollstonecraft.” She published the first book on women’s rights in South America and argued for indigenous rights during the post-colonial period in Brazil. Josh and Ray explore her life and thought with Nastassja Pugliese from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, author of Nísia Floresta (Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy).

Part of our Wise Women series, generously supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.