Elena conaro piscopia
5 June 1646 ? 26 July 1684), was an Italian philosopher of noble descent, who was the first woman to receive an academic degree from a university. She was one of the first women to receive an academic degree[1] and in 1678 she became the first woman in the world to receive a Ph.D. degree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia