O Século

O Século (meaning The Century in English) was a Portuguese daily newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1881 to 1977.

Supplement to the newspaper O Século about the suffragettes of the Liga Republicana das Mulheres Portuguesas, published on May 12, 1910: 5 - Ana de Castro Osório; 6 - Maria Veleda; 7 - Beatriz Paes Pinheiro de Lemos; 8 - Maria Clara Correia Alves; 13 - Sofia Quintino; 14 - Adelaide Cabete; 15 - Carolina Beatriz Ângelo; 16 - Maria do Carmo Joaquina Lopes.

History and profile

O Século was first published on 4 January 1881.^[1] The founder was Sebastião de Magalhães Lima,^[1] who had studied law at the University of Coimbra. It was a newspaper of record, and a great rival of the Diário de Notícias.

O Século was owned by the Sociedade Nacional de Tipografia before the Carnation Revolution in 1974.^[2] The paper ceased publication on 3 February 1977.^[1]

See also

• List of newspapers in Portugal

References

1. Jorge Braga de Macedo (1983). "Newspapers and Democracy in Portugal: The Role of Market Structure". In Kenneth Maxwell (ed.). The Press and the Rebirth of Iberian Democracy. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-3132-3100-1.
2. Helena Sousa (1994). "Portuguese Media: New Forms of Concentration" (Conference paper). University of Minho. Retrieved 24 January 2015.