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A movement to honour Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman in the world to graduate from university, with a statue in Padua's Prato della Valle square has sparked a national debate in Italy about historical conservation and gender representation in monuments.
A proposal to insert a statue of the first woman in the world to earn a doctorate among the 78 dedicated to notable male figures on a prominent square in northern Italy has stirred controversy. Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia received her doctorate degree in philosophy from the University of Padua in 1678, but she was not included when Padua officials devised a project in the late 18th century to erect statues in Prato della Valle — the largest square in Italy — dedicated to illustrious historical figures who were either from the city or had links to it. Originally there were 88
Statue of Elena Cornaro Piscopia could go up in square in Padua that contains 78 statues all dedicated to men