Luisa de Medrano

Luisa de Medrano (Atienza 9 August 1484 – 1527), was a Navarrese-Castilian scholar. She is known as the first female Professor in Spain, at the University of Salamanca. Luisa de Medrano Bravo de Lagunas Cienfuegos belonged to the group of Renaissance women who were famous for their knowledge and called by their contemporaries "puellae doctae" (learned girls).