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Christina Roccati
Christina Roccati (1732-1797) was on her way to an illustrious academic career following a degree at the University of
Bologna (1751), only the third academic qualification ever bestowed on a woman by a European university, when economic problems
impelled her return to the Venetian provinces (Rovigo), where she nonetheless continued to teach physics for decades.
Further reading
- Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender Wars by Margaret Wertheim (ISBN 0393317244)
- "Becoming a Scientist," by Paula Findlen
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