[1] Belonging to the Rio de Janeiro elite, the women who formed the League circulated among the powerful, which allowed them to present their demands and put pressure on the politicians of the time.

[2] In February 1922, the league launched a manifesto regarding the elections taking place that year and asked women to campaign in favour of Nilo Peçanha and José Joaquim Seabra, candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency respectively.

[3] With the goal of digging deeper into the issue and giving visibility to the League, Bertha Lutz built relationships with international feminist groups, including: the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, International Woman Suffrage Alliance, Alianza Uruguaya para el Sufragio Feminino, Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, National League of Women Voters and National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Based on the feminist experience in the United States, Bertha Lutz brought to the movement in Brazil another strategy that would help accelerate the conquest of rights by Brazilian women.

[11] In the Federation's campaign for the expansion of women's rights, among their greatest achievements were the universal female vote - won in 1932 - and access to education.

In 1883, Dr. Candido Barata Ribeiro requested the enrolment in the first year of his two daughters and Senator Pedro Leão Velloso authorised their admission to the school.

She signed an indication that instructed the Conference to claim with the responsible authorities the admission of female students to secondary school.

[14] The Federation kept up the plea until, in 1926, Yvonne Monteiro da Silva was the first female student to enter the Colégio Pedro II since 1889.

Participating in the discussion were the board of directors of the Federation and politicians in favour of women's suffrage, such as the vice-president of the Republic, Estácio Coimbra and senators Lopes Gonçalves and Lauro Müller.

660 in Rio Grande do Norte extinguished the gender distinction for voters, allowing women to vote and be elected, as long as they were literate and over 21 years old.

[18] Subsequently, the Electoral Court of the state annulled the women's votes, but the episode strengthened the suffragist movements throughout the country.

In the same year, Bertha took office as a federal deputy and was appointed president of the Special Congressional Commission for the Women's Statute, which aimed to regulate the constitutional provisions protecting mothers and children.

[23] After the achievement of women's suffrage, the movement gradually disbanded and, with the institution of the Estado Novo on 10 November 1937, the Federation completely dissolved.

It was the structural organisation itself that made it difficult for women to participate widely, as the board of directors was responsible for appointing the vice-presidency and presidency - which was supposed to be changed every two years, but in practice the position was held by Bertha Lutz throughout the Federation's entire period of operation.