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María Elena Maseras Ribera (25 May 1853 – 4 December 1905), also known as Elena Maseras, was a Spanish woman who was allowed to enlist as a university student with special dispensation from King Amadeo I in 1872; having been formally admitted to a class in 1875, she was finally allowed to graduate in 1882, which created a
María Elena Maseras Ribera (25 May 1853 – 4 December 1905), also known as Elena Maseras, was a Spanish woman who was allowed to enlist as a university student with special dispensation from King Amadeo I in 1872; having been formally admitted to a class in 1875, she was finally allowed to graduate in 1882, which created a precedent
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allowing women to enroll at universities in Spain from that point on.Consuelo Flecha: Las primeras universitarias en España, 1872-1910. Narcea Ediciones, 1996 She studied medicine at the University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...
, but did not sit the last exam to qualify to practice as a physician, and became a teacher instead.
Some gardens in the Ensanche district were named after her.
Further reading
* Corbella, Jacinto, and Domenech, Edelmira. "A question of priority: Elena Maseras, Dolors Aleu, Martina Castells," in Proceedings of the First International Congress of the History of Catalan Medicine (Montpellier), 1970, vol. I, pp. 139–142. * Garcia, Betsabé. ''Barcelona amb nom de dona'', published by Editorial Mediterrània and Barcelona City Council.References
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