Women of Salerno
The women of Salerno, also referred to as the "ladies of Salerno", the "Salernitan women", and the "mulieres Salernitanae", are a group of women physicians who studied in medieval Italy, at the Schola Medica Salernitana, one of the first medical schools to allow women. These women not only practiced medicine, but were known to both teach and to publish medical works. Additionally, there is evidence that they were not limited to the study of female diseases, but studied, taught, and practiced all branches of medicine. These women included: