Maria Pellegrina Amoretti
In 1777, after being rejected by the University of Turin, Maria Pellegrina Amoretti graduated at 21 in Iure utroque (civil and canon Law) at the University of Pavia, defending her doctoral theses.
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Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps
American botanist, educator, author and editor
Abella of Salerno
1300s Italian physician and writer Abella of Salerno studied and taught at the Salerno School of Medicine.
Bessie Spencer
New Zealand school principal, orchardist, community leader
Elizabeth Blodgett Hall
American educator and the founder of Simon’s Rock College of Bard, the first early college entrance program in the United States.
Emily Griffith
American educator who significantly contributed to adult education in Denver
Agnes Catherine Maitland
Writer and principal of Somerville College, Oxford in the 1800s
Rona Bailey
New Zealand communist and an organiser of protest movements, particularly against the Vietnam War, apartheid and racism.
Mary Anderson
New Zealand politician
Adeline Sergeant
English novelist