On June 25, 1678 Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia [1646-1684]received the Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of Padua. At age thirty-two she was the first woman ever to receive a doctorate degree. Source here.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
first female doctor of philosophy
On June 25, 1678 Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia [1646-1684]received the Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of Padua. At age thirty-two she was the first woman ever to receive a doctorate degree. Source here.
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