page_title: Elsa Eschelsson
hierarchical_section_title: Elsa Eschelsson
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Elsa Eschelsson (1861-1911), the first woman to finish a doctorate in Laws in Sweden and the first to be appointed a docent in a Swedish university. Image source: Gothenburg University Library, Women's history project: http://www.ub.gu.se/kvinn/portaler/kunskap/biografier/
context_page_description: Elsa Olava Kristina Eschelsson was the first woman to finish a Doctor of Laws degree and the first to attain the academic position of docent at a Swedish university, but was denied the right to even serve as acting professor because of her sex. She died in 1911 from an overdose of sleeping-powder.
context_section_description: Elsa Olava Kristina Eschelsson (11 November 1861 – 10 March 1911) was the first woman to finish a Doctor of Laws (juris utriusque doctor) degree and the first to attain the academic position of docent at a Swedish university, but was denied the right to even serve as acting professor because of her sex. She died in 1911 from an overdose of sleeping-powder.
caption: Elsa Eschelsson.
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