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Maria Petrocini Ferretti, the First Female Surgeon in Florence, Italy

Maria Petrocini Ferretti, the First Female Surgeon in Florence, Italy COMMENTARY Maria Petrocini Ferretti, the First Female Surgeon in Florence, Italy HE HISTORY OF nor boldness, which were essential academic training was considered an women in medicine requirements for a surgeon. More- insurmountable difficulty for an as- and surgery has its over, the college made reference piring surgeon. roots in ancient to the verdict of the Athenian Are- Thus, Petrocini Ferretti was forced T times; very often, the opagus, which forbade women to to write a plea to Grand Duke Pietro road has been paved with difficul- practice medicine by citing so- Leopoldi d’Asburgo Lorena of Tus- ties. The rise in women applying to called moral grounds. The lack of cany, confirming her long appren- medical school began only in the 1970s due to the increase in the number of medical schools, the women’s rights movement, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and the growing number of “baby boomer girls” who were fin- ishing college. A recent discovery in the archives of the Biomedical Li- brary of the University of Florence allows us to shed light on this diffi- cult path of professional growth. The manuscript belongs to the Pro- ceedings of the Florentine Medical College, a corporative http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Surgery American Medical Association

Maria Petrocini Ferretti, the First Female Surgeon in Florence, Italy

Lippi, Donatella; Vannucci, Laura
JAMA Surgery , Volume 146 (11) – Nov 1, 2011
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American Medical Association
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2168-6254
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10.1001/archsurg.2011.276
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COMMENTARY Maria Petrocini Ferretti, the First Female Surgeon in Florence, Italy HE HISTORY OF nor boldness, which were essential academic training was considered an women in medicine requirements for a surgeon. More- insurmountable difficulty for an as- and surgery has its over, the college made reference piring surgeon. roots in ancient to the verdict of the Athenian Are- Thus, Petrocini Ferretti was forced T times; very often, the opagus, which forbade women to to write a plea to Grand Duke Pietro road has been paved with difficul- practice medicine by citing so- Leopoldi d’Asburgo Lorena of Tus- ties. The rise in women applying to called moral grounds. The lack of cany, confirming her long appren- medical school began only in the 1970s due to the increase in the number of medical schools, the women’s rights movement, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and the growing number of “baby boomer girls” who were fin- ishing college. A recent discovery in the archives of the Biomedical Li- brary of the University of Florence allows us to shed light on this diffi- cult path of professional growth. The manuscript belongs to the Pro- ceedings of the Florentine Medical College, a corporative

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