Ionna Stephanopoli (1875 - 1961) was a Greek journalist. In 1890, she and two others became the first women to be allowed to study at the University of Athens. After graduation, she continued her studies in Paris. She later became a reporter and editor.

Ionna Stephanopoli (1890).

Education

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She attented the prestige Arsakeio school. She applied to study philology at the University of Athens. After deliberation in the Senate the issue was forwarded to the Ministry of Education, eventually the minister gave his personal consent for her to attent the university.[1] Finally, in 1890 she was accepted.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Thanailaki, Polly (2024), "Domestic Crafts' Education as a Pedagogical Object in Girls' Schools in Independent Greece: National and Transnational Dimensions", Women in Central and Southeastern Europe, 1700–1900, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 185–225, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-60465-2_8, ISBN 978-3-031-60464-5, retrieved 2024-12-16
  2. ^ Thanailaki, Polly (2010-03-01). "Breaking social barriers: Florentia Fountoukli (1869–1915)". BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics. 25 (1): 32–38. doi:10.1080/17498430903321166. ISSN 1749-8430.
  • «Σήμερον Κηδεύεται η Ιωάννα Στεφανόπολι». Το Βήμα. 28 Μαρτίου 1961.