Tatiana Wedenison (born 1864) was the first woman in Italy to attempt earning an engineering degree, the first to enrol at the Polytechnic University of Milan (Italian: Politecnico di Milano), and one of the first modern Italian women to earn a university degree.[1][2][3]
Tatiana Wedenison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1864 Milan, Italy |
| Alma mater | Università di Pavia |
| Known for | First woman to study at Polytechnic University of Milan (1888) |
Life and career
editWedenison was born in Milan in 1864. Her father was a shopkeeper.[1]
She enrolled at the Politecnico di Milano in 1888,[4][5][6] and later transferred to the Università di Pavia, from which she graduated with a degree in natural sciences (Italian: Laurea in Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali) in 1893 or 1894.[7][1][2]
Her accomplishment is significant in that by 1900, there were still only 250 female university students in the whole of Italy.[8] She was followed by Emma Strada, who in 1908 became the first woman to obtain a civil engineering degree from the Polytechnic University of Turin, and Gaetanina Calvi, who in 1913 became the first female engineering graduate of the Polytechnic University of Milan.[1]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b "Wedenison Tatiana, Scienza a due voci". scienzaa2voci.unibo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Le origini". Politecnico di Milano (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "carreer day Archivi". Out of the Boot (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "Le aziende al Politecnico per cercare ingegnere". Out of the Boot (in Italian). 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ Melis, Mauro (2022-05-04). "Architettura Polimi: tutti i perché di un successo italiano". Unione Geometri (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ Govoni, Paola. Storia, scienza e società. Ricerche sulla scienza in Italia nell’età moderna e contemporanea, a cura di Paola Govoni, Bologna Studies in History of Science, 11, CIS, Università di Bologna, 2006.
- ^ Gilbert, Mark; Nilsson, Robert K. (2007-09-19). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.