WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 28: (FOR MAGAZINE) Maria Teresa Kumar, founder of Voto Latino, a voting rights organization for Latinos, stands for a Just Asking portrait at the nonprofit's headquarters in ...

It can be difficult to locate Maria Teresa Griffin’s name in historical archives or newspaper clippings documenting revitalization or social justice efforts throughout Los Angeles’ Eastside.

By Adam Nossiter Maria Teresa Horta, a Portuguese feminist writer who helped shatter her conservative country’s strictures on women, died on Feb. 4 at her home in Lisbon. She was 87. Her death ...