Anna Mikhaylovna Yevreinova, also referred to as Johanna von Evreinov (russian: А́нна Миха́йловна Евре́инова; 1844–1919), was a Russian feminist writer, lawyer and literary editor. Following her study at the

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, she was the first Russian woman to earn the

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degree, she was also the first woman who obtained the Doctor of Law degree from a

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university.

Biography

Anna Yevreinova was a daughter of the manager of the

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. The family tried to arrange Anna's marriage against her will forcing her to attempted

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. At that time Anna received a letter from Russian mathematician

Sofia Kovalevskaya Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (russian: link=no, Софья Васильевна Ковалевская), born Korvin-Krukovskaya ( – 10 February 1891), was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differen ...

, who proposed help in enrolling to a German university. Since the family objected to her move, Anna could not receive a Russian passport and crossed the border illegally, traversing swamps in prunella shoes.''Сабашников М. В.'' Воспоминания / М. В. Сабашников; �ступ. ст., с. 7-26, Е. И. Осетрова; Примеч. и крат. коммент. указ. имен В. Г. Уткова — -е изд., доп. — М.: Книга, 1988. — 510, с. She received her doctoral degree in jurisprudence (Dr. jur.) on 21 February 1873. The title of her dissertation was "The Duties of Neutral Parties towards Parties of War". She was a frequent correspondent with writers including

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. In 1885 she founded the literary magazine ''

Severny Vestnik ''Severny Vestnik'' (russian: Се́верный ве́стник, en, The Northern Messenger) was an influential Russian literary magazine founded in Saint Petersburg in 1885 by Anna Yevreinova, who stayed with it until 1889. History In the ea ...

''. She was the chief editor and the owner of this magazine for the first five years of its existence. She had a long-term relationship with the author Maria Feodorova.

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