Edith Emily Dornwell

Edith Emily Dornwell BSc (31 ga Agusta 1865 – 18 Nuwamba 1945) (daga baya Raymond) ita ce mace ta farko a Ostiraliya da ta kammala karatun digirin kimiyya, mace ta farko da ta kammala karatun digirin kimiyya daga Jami'ar Adelaide, kuma mutum na farko, namiji ko mace, da ta kammala karatun digirin kimiyya a Jami'ar Adelaide.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Dornwell a New Zealand ga ɗan gudun hijirar Jamus Bernhardt Carl Friedrich "Bernard" Dornwell da matarsa Sarah .  Daga baya iyalin suka koma Adelaide, Kudancin Australia inda Dornwell ya fara karatu a Makarantar Model ta Tsakiya ta Jiha.

Bayan rasuwar mahaifinta da wuri lokacin da take da shekaru 14, Dornwell ta sami tallafi don halartar Advanced School for Girls (yanzu Adelaide High School) makarantar sakandare ta jihar kawai a Kudancin Australia a cikin karni na 19. Yayinda take a wannan makarantar a 1880 ta lashe kyautar farko da £ 20 don jarrabawar "Nuna ga 'yan mata". Ta yi karatu a shekara ta 1882 tare da girmamawa a Faransanci, Jamusanci, ilimin dabbobi da tarihin zamani.

 Ilimi na jami'a 
An yarda da Dornwell a cikin digiri na farko na Kimiyya a Jami'ar Adelaide a 1883, kawai shekaru biyu bayan jami'ar ta gyara takardar shaidarta don shigar da mata. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da suka yi rajista a jami'ar kuma ɗaliban su na farko, namiji ko mace, don yin rajista a cikin shirin kimiyya.

Dornwell ta yi fice a karatunta. A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1883, ta sami lambar yabo ta Sir Thomas Elder a fannin ilimin lissafi, wanda ta sami microscope.

A shekara ta 1889, wakilin Jami'ar Adelaide ya bayyana cewa "Masu ɗalibi mafi ƙwarewa a cikin karatun kimiyya, har zuwa yanzu, mace ce - Miss E Dornwell, wacce ta wuce shekara ta farko, ta biyu, da ta uku na wannan karatun aji na farko a cikin ilimin lissafi na farko. Kamar yadda za a gani ta hanyar ambaton masu cin kyautar Sir T. Elder mata sun fi maza girma" 

Da malaminta na ilimin lissafi, Farfesa Edward Stirling, ya karfafa shi, Dornwell ya ce "Dr Stirling ya ce idan na yi nasara, kuma ya gamsu cewa zan kasance, zan sami bambancin kasancewa mace ta farko da ta kammala karatu a jami'a, kuma mace ta farko ta kammala karatu da kimiyya a Ostiraliya. "

Dornwell ya kammala karatu a shekara ta 1885 tare da girmamawa na farko a fannin kimiyyar lissafi da ilimin lissafi.[1] A lokacin da ta kammala karatun jami'ar, Babban Alkalin Jami'ar Sir Samuel Way ya ce "A cikin aikin karatun digiri na farko, kuma a cikin hanyar da kuka ɗauki wannan digiri, ba kawai ku yi girmamawa ga Jami'ar ba, amma kun tabbatar da haƙƙin jima'i na yin gasa, da yin gasa daidai, tare da sauran ɗalibai don girmamawa da bambancin Jami'ar. "[2]

 Manazarta