Francisca Clotilde: A Pioneer of Brazilian Literature & Social Reform Early Life and Education Birth and Family: Francisca Clotilde was born on October 19, 1862, in Tauá, a town in northeastern Brazil. Her parents were João Correia Lima and Ana Maria Castelo Branco. Early Education: She received an education that was relatively uncommon for women of her time. This foundation would prove crucial to her later work as both an educat…