The timing of her book being released, during the reign of Ernesto Geisel, would be influential toward ending the dictatorial period.
It would go on to be a seminal work for discussions of scientific advancement in Brazil and the policy debates that have taken place in the decades since in both academic and political circles.
The book particularly noted the cultural shifts of the eugenicist practices from early proponents arguing about the importance of evolution and preventing moral degeneration of civilization, but keeping it largely within an academic and partially political sphere.
After World War I, the expression of eugenics was expanded in Latin America to active organizations and conferences pushing the beliefs up until the aftermath of World War II which resulted in the collapse of the subject in the area after the actions of Nazi Germany became public knowledge.
The scholarship in the decades since has been shaped by her writings on what constituted national and transatlantic science and how Latin America affected the broader scientific community in ways not previously considered.