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Dr Clair Firth · @Buxton_Vienna

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@ninokadic @academicchatter Obviously I use mine in my name 😉 As a female academic, #firstgen and the daughter of a postman, granddaughter of a mechanic, I fought hard to get my doctorate and I am going to use it!
(I am a veterinarian, but it is not an automatic DVM, it is a separate postgraduate research doctorate, like a PhD).
There was a birdsite pile-on on female academics daring to use their titles, which led to the hashtag #immodestwomen & I have used mine since then. #academicmastodon

#academicmastodon #immodestwomen #firstgen

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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName

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#OnThisDay, 25 June 1678, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia receives the Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of Padua. She's thought to be be first woman to receive a doctorate in the world.