18 Facts About Elvira Boni

Elvira Boni de Lacerda was a political activist and strike leader.

Elvira Boni defined herself as the "lady of the last century".

Elvira Boni was the daughter of Italian immigrants from Cremona, Angelo Boni and Tercila Aciratti Boni.

Elvira Boni had her first contact with socialist ideas at home, with her father who was a metal worker, and her brothers.

Elvira Boni married Olgier Lacerda, one of the founders of the Brazilian Communist Party, in which she participated in its activities, but without joining.

Elvira Boni had her first contact with socialist ideas at home with her father who was a metal worker.

Elvira Boni always had direct contact with sewing, when she was little she watched her mother sewing on a hand machine straight from Italy.

So, at 17,18 years old, Elvira Boni was already sewing for herself and her sisters.

Elvira Boni grew up in a domestic milieu with a libertarian bias, her father, Angelo, came closer to anarchism thanks to a friendship made with a Spanish shoemaker named Francisco Carrillo and an Italian named Stefano Guacchi, with whom he discussed whole nights about articles he had read in Italian newspapers.

At first, Elvira Boni did not receive a salary and after a while she started to receive 10 thousand reis a month.

Elvira Boni already knew the Anticlerical League, headquartered at Av.

Amidst the turmoil after the founding of the Anticlerical League and the spread of anarchist ideas, Elvira Boni got started in union and political life.

Elvira Boni went through several sewing workshops, until then she had to choose between setting up her own business or just doing union work.

Elvira Boni was given the task of reading the opening speech, which was later published in the Jornal do Brasil.

In 1920, Elvira Boni chaired the working table of the 3rd Brazilian Workers Congress, and its closing session, which took place in the same year.

Elvira Boni presented anarchist and anticlerical plays, performed by amateur groups on the stages of the halls of workers associations in Rio de Janeiro.

Elvira Boni wrote frequently for the newspaper O Operario from 1912 onwards.

Elvira Boni's marriage coincided with the closure of the Seamstresses Union, when Elvira stopped working outside the home, and continued to work at home, not only doing housework, but some small sewing jobs, such as producing men's pants and vests.