With this study we aimed to disclose the historicity of a nurse born in Sao Paulo who was the chairwoman of the Regional Nursing Council in São Paulo for four terms. It is a historic documentary research which used the Annual Activity Reports from Regional Nursing Council in Sao Paulo of that period as the data resource. Through data analysis, it was possible to identify the leadership profile of this nurse regarding contemporary issues relevant to Brazilian nursing: Nursing Professional Practice Regulation, Nursing Professional Ethical Code, Nursing Care Process, and mainly the attributions of this Agency of Professional Practice Control in attending the new demands of Health and Education Systems. The findings made it possible to presume that the nurse Maria Lucia Pimentel de Assis Moura was a bastion of nursing in Sao Paulo and Brazil through her brilliant contributions.
Nursing; Nursing history; Personality