Documentary · Portugal · 2000 · 50m

Criminal Case 141/53

Processo-crime 141/53

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Two Portuguese nurses share their harrowing story. Sisters Isaura Borges Coelho and Hortênsia Campos Lima were arrested in the early 1950s for protesting a law that barred nurses from marrying. Salazar wanted nurses to live like nuns, in line with Catholic conservative ideals.

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