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She graduated from the university in 1237, and for two years taught law at her home. She was offered chair at the
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Gozzadini is thought to be the first woman to have taught at a university. Her later fame as a lawyer might have been prompted by an historical defense of the female doctorate written by
Alessandro Macchiavelli in the 18th century. Macchiavelli was known to fill in the gaps of his knowledge by
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bust of her, one of a series of twelve representations of notable
Bolognese women by the un-named "Scultore di Casa Fibbia", dates from the late seventeenth century. It was originally in the Salone d'Onore of Palazzo Fibbia Fabbri – now Palazzo Masetti Calzolari – and is now in the
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caused the collapse of the house where they had taken refuge after fleeing from her villa on the river between
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in northern Italy in 1209; her parents, Amadore
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