Maria Dalle Donne M. D. Two Century Her Appointment as Director of The School of Midwifery in Bologna
Authors
Maria Palumbo
Person in charge of Pedagogy Degree Course in Obstetrics Faculty of Medicine and Surgery University of Rome '' La Sapienza '', Rome I
Ettore Calzolari
Associate of Clinic Obstetrics Degree Course in Obstetrics Faculty of Medicine and Surgery University of Rome '' La Sapienza '', Rome I
Keywords:
Maria Dalle Donne, Midwifes formation, Public Health
Abstract
In 1804,Maria Dalle Donne graduated in Philosophy and Medicine, was appointed as director of the school for midwives in Bologna.This woman deserved without doubts to be remembered above all for her academical results that she achieved in a period in which it was absolutely exceptional for a girl of humble origin to be graduate but in particular because to her was attributed a prominent role in the formation of well trained women in an important sector of public health.Although the documentation about her scientific production in scarce no one can miss her professional value and large estimation for the fact that her appointment was reconfirmed for nearly four decades in spite of institutional and political changes that took place in Bologna in that Period.
