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Italian lawyer (1756–1787)
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Maria Pellegrina Amoretti
Maria Pellegrina Amoretti
Born(1756-05-12)12 May 1756
Oneglia
Died12 November 1787(1787-11-12) (aged 31)
Oneglia
Occupationlawyer

Maria Pellegrina Amoretti (12 May 1756 – 12 November 1787), was an Italian lawyer. She is referred to as the first woman to graduate in law in Italy, and the third woman to earn a degree.

Biography

Amoretti was born on 12 May 1756 in Oneglia. She was the niece of Carlo Amoretti. When she was 20 (in 1777), she became a Doctor of Laws, at the University of Pavia, where Columbus was educated. She also received a degree in philosophy from the university.

Amoretti initially applied to the University of Turin, but was rejected because she was a woman, and her graduation from the University of Pavia in 1777 is considered by historian Giulio Natali to be the “most famous graduation of the eighteenth century.”

Though Amoretti died at the age of 31, she left a manuscript on dowry laws, specifically on marriage in Roman law, which was published posthumously in 1788 by a relative, Carlo Amoretti.

She died on 12 November 1787 in Oneglia.

Published works

References

  1. ^ Constantin von Wurzbach: "Amoretti, Maria Pellegrina." In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria).  Part 1 Universitäts-Buchdruckerei L. C. Zamarski (formerly J. P. Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 32 (digitalised).
  2. Oettinger, Edouard-Marie (1869). Biographisch-genealogisch-historisches Welt-Register enthaltend die Personal-Akten der Menschheit (in German). Leipzig: Ludwig Denicke. p. 22.
  3. Wagner-Fisher, Mary A. E. (1877). "Wise Women of the East". Appletons' Journal. Vol. III (New Series). pp. 311–316.
  4. ^ Giuli, Paola (2003). "Women Poets and Improvisers: Cultural Assumptions and Literary Values in Arcadia". Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture. 32 (1): 69–92. doi:10.1353/sec.2010.0218. ISSN 1938-6133. S2CID 145263735.
  5. Hunt, Margaret (2010). "Taking an Interest in Women's Legal Rights". Women in Eighteenth Century Europe. New York: Routledge. pp. 64–70. ISBN 9780582308657.

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