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| 1469 births | |
| 1499 deaths | |
| people from brescia | |
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Cereta was born in 1469 in Brescia. She was sent to a convent at the age of seven to be educated. She learned religious principles and to read and write. She was married at the age of sixteen to Pietro Serina, who died of fever after only eighteen months of marriage. After the death of her husband she concentrated on scholarly pursuits, publishing a volume of her letters in 1488. FEMINISM In her letters, Cereta defended women's right to education and fought the oppression of married women. |
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