Francine Benoît
Portuguese composer, music critic, music teacher, communist and anti-fascist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francine Benoît (1894 – 1990) was a musician, teacher, composer, conductor, and music critic. She played an active role in Portuguese feminist organizations and was an opponent of the Estado Novo dictatorship, which ruled between 1933 and 1974. Born in France, she lived most of her life in Portugal and became a naturalised Portuguese citizen in 1929.