Elzira Dantas Machado

Elzira Dantas Machado GCC
First Lady of Portugal
In role 11 December 1925 – 31 May 1926
Preceded by	Belmira das Neves
Succeeded by	Maria das Dores Cabeçadas
In role 5 October 1915 – 5 December 1917[1]
Preceded by	Position vacant
Succeeded by	Maria dos Prazeres Pais
Personal details
Born	Elzira Dantas Gonçalves Pereira (1865-12-15)15 December 1865 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	22 April 1942(1942-04-22) (aged 76) Porto, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Spouse	Bernardino Machado ​ (m. 1882)​
Children	18 children

Elzira Dantas Gonçalves Pereira Machado GCC (15 December 1865 – 22 April 1942) was a Portuguese feminist activist. From 1882 until her death in 1942, she was the wife of Bernardino Machado, two-time President of the Portuguese Republic and, as such, was the First Lady of Portugal from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1926.