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On three separate occasions, Princess Isabel of Brazil was named regent, or head of state, when her father was required to leave the country for extended periods. This is an examination of Isabel's role as a woman in patriarchal 19th-century Brazil.Roderick J. Barman is the author of 'Princess Isabel of Brazil: Gender and Power in the Nineteenth Century (Latin American Silhouettes)', published 2002 under ISBN 9780842028462 and ISBN 0842028463.
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