Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova
Russian author and woman of letters
Died when: 66 years 293 days (801 months)Star Sign: Pisces
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Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova (Russian: ???????´?? ????´????? ???????´??) (28 March, 1743 – 15 January, 1810) was an influential noblewoman, a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment and a close friend of Empress Catherine the Great.
She was part of the coup d'état that placed Catherine on the throne, the first woman in the world to head a national academy of sciences, the first woman in Europe to hold a government office and the president of the Russian Academy, which she helped found.
She also published prolifically, with original and translated works on many subjects, and was invited by Benjamin Franklin to become the first female member of the American Philosophical Society.
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