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Maria Olivia Cabral, daughter of Viriato António Ribeiro Pessoal Cabral, was born in Fundão, a municipality situated in the Castelo Branco district, in 1870. She obtained her degree in Medicine from the Medical-Surgical School of Lisbon, thus becoming the first female physician of the Beira Interior province of Portugal.
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