Italy: proposal for statue of first woman to get PhD sparks debate

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  1. >Although a statue honouring Piscopia already exists at the University of Padua, two local councillors, Simone Pillitteri and Margherita Colonnello, proposed celebrating her with another on one of the empty pedestals at Prato della Valle. “Perhaps it is not so well known that the figures to whom the stone effigies are dedicated are all, without exception, men,” the pair wrote in a motion presented to the city’s council.

    I dont really see the issue.

    I would have an issue if they would have removed someone else, but like this, why not.

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