Stefania Wolicka
Stefania Wolicka | |
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Born | |
Died | 1 April 1937 Warsaw, Poland | (aged 85)
Resting place | Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw |
Nationality | Polish |
Other names | Stefania Wolicka-Arnd |
Alma mater | University of Zurich |
Spouse | Stanisław Arnd |
Children | Zbigniew Józef |
Stefania Wolicka (1851–1937) was a
Biography
Wolicka, born in
According to University of Zurich records, Wolicka was from Posen (Poznań), and was born in Warsaw, and while she attended the University of Zurich, her parents were living in Zurich.[6] Despite being forced to leave Switzerland, she received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1875. Her doctoral dissertation is titled "Griechische Frauengestalten, 1.Teil" (Greek Figures of Women, Part 1).[6] She has been called one of the "first Polish female academicians".[7] Hulewicz noted that she belongs to the first generation of Polish female students, a generation that was composed "primarily of heroic individuals".[8]
Wolicka married, and became known by the name Stefania Wolicka-Arnd.[9] Her doctoral dissertation was published in 1875 by Zürcher und Furrer in Zurich.[10] She became a noted writer on women's rights in Poland. In 1895, she published an article in the Polish law journal Athenæum titled "Twenty five years of the parliamentary struggle for the rights of women".[11]
Wolicka was the first woman to earn a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Europe in the modern era. The first woman known to receive a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Europe is believed to be
Bibliography
- Stefania Wolicka (1875). Griechische Frauengestalten. 1. Theil. Zürich. )
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- ^ Jan Hulewicz (1939). Sprawa wyższego wykształcenia kobiet w Polsce w wieku XIX. Nakł. Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności; skł. gł. w księg. Gebethnera i Wolffa. p. 225. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
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- ^ Estreicher, Karol Józef Teofil (1880). Bibliografia polska, Volume 5. Johnson Reprint Corp. [1964–1978], 1880. p. 146.
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