Her mother was a granddaughter of the former governor of Madeira, military officer and politician Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque.

[1][2] Born into an aristocratic family, Pinho had a thorough education, that focussed on the study of classical and modern languages, philosophy, politics and literature.

Also due to her family background, she was provided, from a very young age, with an easy access via letters to some of the most celebrated national figures of the Portuguese political scene at the time, including the future president of the Republic Bernardino Machado, who was a strong influence.

[1][2] At the age of 17, in July 1882, she married a general and military engineer, Joaquim Lúcio Lobo, in the Leiria Cathedral.

The League had been formed by the writer and journalist Ana de Castro Osório, who would become a leading member of the feminist movement.

She was also a member of the steering committee of the League's magazine A Mulher e a Criança, which had the aim of addressing "political-social, historical and educational issues, especially of women and children".

This was subsequently merged into the Portuguese Women's Crusade (Cruzada das Mulheres Portuguesas), after Germany's declaration of war on Portugal on 9 March 1916.