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Gaetanina Calvi (1887
She then taught mathematics at the Istituto dei Ciechi and in 1933 became a benefactor of the Institute’s Group Home with a large bequest following the death of her mother.
In 1940, with the entry of Italy into the
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
– 1964 Carate Brianza
Carate Brianza is a ''comune'' in the province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region of Lombardy. The city lies at an elevation ranging from above sea level, on the Lambro river.
History
The history of Carate Brianza dates back to the Ston ...
) was an Italian engineer. She was the first woman to graduate from Polytechnic University of Milan
The Polytechnic University of Milan (, abbreviated as PoliMi) is a university in Milan, Italy. It is the largest technical university in the country, with about 40,000 enrolled students. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and higher ...
, in 1913, and second in Italy after Emma Strada.
Early life and education
She graduated from the Isep Parini high school. In the academic year 1908/1909, she enrolled in civil engineering at thePolytechnic University of Milan
The Polytechnic University of Milan (, abbreviated as PoliMi) is a university in Milan, Italy. It is the largest technical university in the country, with about 40,000 enrolled students. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and higher ...
. She graduated in 1913 with 85/100.
Career
Calvi worked for the engineers Gardella and Martini in Milan. In 1925 Calvi designed a new wing of the L'Istituto dei Ciechi (Institute for the Blind) in Milan, in collaboration with the architect Mario Faravelli.
She then taught mathematics at the Istituto dei Ciechi and in 1933 became a benefactor of the Institute’s Group Home with a large bequest following the death of her mother.
In 1940, with the entry of Italy into the Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, Calvi retired from teaching in Milan but took child students in mathematics, Latin and Italian from the local population of farmers or labourers who worked in the spinning mills of the River Lambro
The Lambro ( or ''Lambar'' ) is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po.
The Lambro rises from the Monte San Primo, elevation , near the Ghisallo, in the province of Como, not far from Lake Como. After Magreglio it flo ...
, near her home in Costa Lambro, a village in Carate Brianza
Carate Brianza is a ''comune'' in the province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region of Lombardy. The city lies at an elevation ranging from above sea level, on the Lambro river.
History
The history of Carate Brianza dates back to the Ston ...
. She was known as Countess Calvi and "those who could afford to paid a small amount; those who could not paid for their lessons with a few hens."
She worked as a freelancer engineer and teacher until her death, in Carate Brianza in 1964.
See also
* List of women who obtained doctoral degrees before 1800References