Complex sentence: Montessori graduated from the University of Rome in 1896 and in so doing became the first female to earn the distinction of a doctor of medicine.she was the first woman to obtain a medical degree in Italy.
Split into simpler sentences: Montessori graduated from the University of Rome in 1896 and in so doing became the first female to earn the distinction of a doctor of medicine. And she was the first woman to obtain a medical degree in Italy.