Article ID: CBB019321475

Un passo...indietro nella storia delle donne medico in Italia: Lo strano caso di Edvige Benigni (2021)

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The first woman to graduate in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Rome was Edvige Benigni, in 1890, followed by Marcellina Corio and the famous Maria Montessori. This article explores the case of this pioneer: however, the documents collected show that Edvige Benigni was not a woman, as believed up to now, but a man, thus leaving the primacy to Marcellina Corio.

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Authors & Contributors
Azara, Liliosa
Tedesco, Luca
Musumeci, Emilia
Cegna, Annalisa
Nimura, Janice P.
Loconsole, Matteo
Concepts
Women in medicine
Medicine
Women
Medicine and gender
Criminology
Science and politics
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Renaissance
Early modern
18th century
Places
Italy
United States
Europe
Great Britain
South Korea
Birmingham (England)
Institutions
University of Toronto
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