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Although she is best known for something else, who was the first woman in Italy to receive a medical degree?
Maria Montessori received a medical degree in 1894. Years later, while working with retarded children in Rome, she began to develop her innovate educational system. She opened her first day care center in the San Lorenzo district of Rome in 1907. Information Please Almanac.
Maria Montessori received a medical degree in 1894. Years later, while working with retarded children in Rome, she began to develop her innovate educational system. She opened her first day care center in the San Lorenzo district of Rome in 1907. Information Please Almanac.