Rome First Female Woman

Virginia Raggi was Sunday elected as the Italian capital's first female mayor, sweeping into city hall on the ticket of the populist Five Star movement (M5S) with the backing of two thirds of voters.

Voters in the Italian capital went to the polls on Sunday with all signs indicating that they will elect Virginia Raggi as the first female mayor of the Eternal City.

Maria Montessori was the first female student to graduate from the University of Rome Medical School in 1896 and the first woman to practice medicine in Italy.

Virginia Raggi was Sunday elected as the Italian capital's first female mayor, sweeping into city hall on the ticket of the populist Five Star movement (M5S) with the backing of two thirds of voters.

Voters in the Italian capital went to the polls on Sunday with all signs indicating that they will elect Virginia Raggi as the first female mayor of the Eternal City.

Maria Montessori was the first female student to graduate from the University of Rome Medical School in 1896 and the first woman to practice medicine in Italy.