Overview

• A G1 feature marking Teacher’s Day highlights that Antonieta de Barros authored the 1948 Santa Catarina bill establishing the date, which Governor José Boabaid sanctioned 15 years before nationwide adoption.
• Brazil’s national observance was formalized as a school holiday by Decree No. 52,682 in 1963, signed by President João Goulart.
• The October 15 date references an 1827 decree by Dom Pedro I that created elementary schools and set early rules for teachers’ work.
• De Barros is widely recognized as Brazil’s first Black woman deputy and worked as a teacher and journalist who founded a school and taught adults and low‑income communities.
• Her legacy has gained fresh visibility through her inscription in the Livro de Heróis e Heroínas da Pátria, coverage and projects inspired by NSC, and scholarship by Jeruse Romão, who calls her a revolutionary icon.