<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Venice">Venetian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elena Cornaro Piscopia">Elena Cornaro Piscopia</a> is the first woman awarded a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" id="mwPA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Doctor of Philosophy">doctorate of philosophy</a> when she graduates from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Padua" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="University of Padua">University of Padua</a>.