Anna Mikhaylovna Yevreinova, also referred to as Johanna von Evreinov (; 1844–1919), was a Russian feminist writer, lawyer and literary editor. Following her study at the

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, she was the first Russian woman to earn the

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degree, she was also the first woman who obtained the Doctor of Law degree from a

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university.

Biography

Anna Yevreinova was a daughter of the manager of the

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. The family tried to arrange Anna's marriage against her will forcing her to attempted

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. At that time Anna received a letter from Russian mathematician

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, who proposed help in enrolling to a German university. Since the family objected to her move, Anna could not receive a Russian passport and crossed the border illegally, traversing swamps in prunella shoes.''Сабашников М. В.'' Воспоминания / М. В. Сабашников; �ступ. ст., с. 7-26, Е. И. Осетрова; Примеч. и крат. коммент. указ. имен В. Г. Уткова — -е изд., доп. — М.: Книга, 1988. — 510, с. She received her doctoral degree in jurisprudence (Dr. jur.) on 21 February 1873. The title of her dissertation was "The Duties of Neutral Parties towards Parties of War". She was a frequent correspondent with writers including

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. In 1885 she founded the literary magazine ''

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''. She was the chief editor and the owner of this magazine for the first five years of its existence. She had a long-term relationship with the author Maria Feodorova.

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