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Laura Bassi: Paving the Way for
Female Academics
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aura Maria Caterina Bassi
holds a unique place in the
history of science and edu-
cation in the Western world: she
w as the firs t w oman to be
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offered, in 1732 at the University
of Bologna, an official, salaried
teaching position at a university
in Europe, at a time w hen
women were generally prevented
from pursuing studies and intel-
lectual professions.
Throughout her academic
career, Bassi led a relentless
struggle to achieve equal condi-
tions in teaching, while making a
name for herself in the world of
academia, a world that, in Italy
and across the world, was then
exclusively male. She also had a
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Laura Bassi, a noted 18th-century Italian scientist and Europe's first female professor. Image: Cover of the book "Laura Bassi. Minerva bolognese" by Marta
Franceschini, Alessandro Battara and Marta Cavazza
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