Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684); - The First Woman in the World to Earn a University Degree
Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2007. 260 pages + foreword, introduction, bibliography, and index | 9.25 x 6.25 inches | 43 b/w images Even in 17th-century Italy, news spread quickly. On June 25, 1678, an enormous crowd that included nobles, knights, city officials, ladies, scholarly men, the diocesan vicar general.....