Tatiana Wedenison
{{Short description|First Italian woman to attempt an engineering degree (born 1864)}}
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| birth_place = Milan, Italy
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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 ({{langx|it|Politecnico di Milano}}), and one of the first modern Italian women to earn a university degree.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-06-23 |title=The Politecnico’s first female engineers |url=https://alumni.polimi.it/en/2022/06/23/le-prime-donne-ingegnere-del-politecnico/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Politecnico di Milano, Alumni}}{{Cite web |title=Wedenison Tatiana, Scienza a due voci |url=https://scienzaa2voci.unibo.it/biografie/467-wedenison-tatiana |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=scienzaa2voci.unibo.it |language=it}}{{Cite web |title=Le origini |url=https://www.polimi.it/il-politecnico/il-politecnico-nella-storia/le-origini |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=Politecnico di Milano |language=it}}
Life and career
Wedenison was born in Milan in 1864. Her father was a shopkeeper.
She enrolled at the Politecnico di Milano in 1888,{{Cite web |title=carreer day Archivi |url=https://monicadascenzo.blog.ilsole24ore.com/tag/carreer-day/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Out of the Boot |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2014-05-18 |title=Le aziende al Politecnico per cercare ingegnere |url=https://monicadascenzo.blog.ilsole24ore.com/2014/05/18/le-aziende-al-politecnico-per-cercare-ingegnere/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Out of the Boot |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |last=Melis |first=Mauro |date=2022-05-04 |title=Architettura Polimi: tutti i perché di un successo italiano |url=https://www.unionearchitetti.com/architettura-polimi/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Unione Geometri |language=it-IT}} and later transferred to the Università di Pavia, from which she graduated with a degree in natural sciences ({{langx|it|Laurea in Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali}}) in 1893 or 1894.{{Cite book |last=Govoni |first=Paola |url=https://www.academia.edu/9213469/Storia_scienza_e_societ%C3%A0_Ricerche_sulla_scienza_in_Italia_nell_et%C3%A0_moderna_e_contemporanea_a_cura_di_Paola_Govoni_Bologna_Studies_in_History_of_Science_11_CIS_Universit%C3%A0_di_Bologna_2006 |title=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.}}
Her accomplishment is significant in that by 1900, there were still only 250 female university students in the whole of Italy.{{Cite book |last1=Gilbert |first1=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQCyAAAAQBAJ |title=Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy |last2=Nilsson |first2=Robert K. |date=2007-09-19 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6428-3 |pages=450 |language=en}} 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.
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