Elena Cornaro Piscopia (nonfiction)

Portrait of Elena Cornaro Piscopia by an unknown artist.

Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (US: /kɔːrˈnɑːroʊ pɪˈskoʊpiə/,[4] Italian: [ˈɛːlena luˈkrɛttsja korˈnaːro piˈskɔːpja]) or Elena Lucrezia Corner (Italian: [korˈnɛr]; 5 June 1646 – 26 July 1684), also known in English as Helen Cornaro, was a Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university, and the first to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree.