Malvina Tavares

Júlia Malvina Hailliot Tavares (or Malvina Tavares ; Encruzilhada do Sul, 24 November 1866 — Cruzeiro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, 16 October 1939)[1] was one of the most active Brazilian militant anarchists, as well as a poet and a pioneer of modern education in southern Brazil.

She was responsible for the creation of a secular school, the "Modern School of Francisco Ferrer", in the municipality of São Gabriel do Lajeado, which educated generations of libertarians.

In the late 1880s, Tavares was sent to the Brazilian capital to study teaching at the Normal School of Porto Alegre.

She studied with another future libertarian pedagogue Ana Amaral Lisboa Aurora.

[4][5] Despite adversity, Tavares persisted in her role as a teacher, taking herself with educating rural children.