Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (1847–1921)

Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho was a Portuguese writer who produced poetry, short stories, essays, biographies, and literary criticism. She co-wrote a collection of stories for children, Contos para os nossos filhos (Tales for Our Children, 1886) with her husband, poet António Cândido Gonçalves Crespo, that became a standard in schools. She held one of the first literary salons in Lisbon and was the first woman invited to join the Portuguese Academy of Sciences.