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This article reconstructs the feminist campaign that took place between 1973 and 1974 in support of three Portuguese writers: Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa. They were put on trial in Portugal in 1973 for having published Novas Cartas Portuguesas [ New Portuguese Letters] during the fascist regime of Marcello Caetano. Feminists considered their trial a symbol of the repression directed against women. It provoked an international movement, described at the time as “the first major feminist cause”. On the initiative of Latin American women living in France, the coordinated campaigns by feminist groups in different countries took on a major dimension. Examining this extensive mobilization reveals the international scope of feminisms of the 1970s and highlights the repertoires of action and the connections established to create a transnational network of solidarity. This study also renders visible the presence of women from other countries in feminist groups in France and, more broadly, their participation in the mobilizations of the years following 1968.