Bertha Lutz (1894–1976) was one of the most important Brazilian feminists of the 20th century. A politician, scientist, and suffragist activist, she was one of the few women to participate in the drafting of the UN Charter. The document, created in 1945 by representatives from 50 countries—the majority of whom were white men—had an ambitious goal: to seal a global peace pact and found an organization to promote international cooperation after a period of two world wars.

As Brazil’s representative at the San Francisco Conference, where the letter was drafted, Bertha led the fight to include a fundamental topic in the debate: gender equality. And it is precisely this story that Angélica Kalil and Mariamma Fonseca tell in “Bertha Lutz and the UN Charter.” A comic book based on historical documents that recreates the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most important political events of the 20th century and a milestone in the fight for women’s equal rights.