Flora de Oliveira Lima

Flora de Oliveira Lima (née Cavalcanti de Albuquerque; 1863 – 1940) was a Brazilian socialite, diplomat's wife and daughter of a wealthy planter. She spent her life following her husband's diplomatic appointments and collecting books. Upon her husband's death in 1928, she became the assistant librarian of the Oliveira Lima Library (sometimes referred to as the Ibero American Library) at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. In 1930, she became the Brazilian designee of the Inter-American Commission of Women.