Maria Pellegrina Amoretti

Maria Pellegrina Amoretti (12 May 1756 – 12 November 1787), was an Italian lawyer. She is referred to as the first woman to graduate in law in Italy, and the third woman to earn a degree.

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Maria Pellegrina Amoretti
Maria Pellegrina Amoretti
Born	(1756-05-12)12 May 1756 Oneglia
Died	12 November 1787(1787-11-12) (aged 31) Oneglia
Occupation	lawyer

Amoretti was born on 12 May 1756 in Oneglia.^[1] She was the niece of Carlo Amoretti.^[2] When she was 20 (in 1777), she became a Doctor of Laws, at the University of Pavia, where Columbus was educated.^[3] She also received a degree in philosophy from the university.^[4]

Amoretti initially applied to the University of Turin, but was rejected because she was a woman, and her graduation from the University of Pavia in 1777 is considered by historian Giulio Natali to be the “most famous graduation of the eighteenth century.”^[4]

Though Amoretti died at the age of 31, she left a manuscript on dowry laws, specifically on marriage in Roman law,^[5] which was published posthumously in 1788 by a relative, Carlo Amoretti.^[4]

She died on 12 November 1787 in Oneglia.^[1]

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