on christianity. Her father wanted her to continue the lineage of pharmacists Moretti-Foggia, that was three generations long at the time, but her progressive soul was more interested in pursuing a medical career from the beginning. She was destined to look after people, she felt she was not happy being at the pharmacy all the time. Amalia needed to be around people, to travel, to get to know and deeply understand the world and everything around her. Studies Although their relationship was not on best terms she was able to attend Liceo Ginnasio Virgilio in company of Ada Sacchi and Elena Casati and graduated with honors the 15th of July 1891. She loved reading classic poems and novels which gave her a sense of gratitude for the lifestyle she could afford and a sense of duty to listen to the weakest part of the population in order to defend those people’s rights. During those times she also started developing her opinion regarding the relationship between women and men stating that “in this world the place of women is many steps lower than that of men”. Even though Giovanni Battista hoped for her daughter to become a pharmacist and take on the family's shop, Amalia preferred to enroll into natural sciences, so he made a deal with her that if she did not have the best grades by the end of the year she would have to switch to pharmaceutical chemistry. She moved to Padua as a natural science student and although universities at the time were no place for women, as an environment filled with men, she was able to gain respect from her male colleagues and build strong friendships. During this time in Padua she lived a romantic relationship with an assistant in the faculty of medicine, Lucio Bellandi. Medical career She gained a scholarship and graduated in natural science in 1895 and decided to apply for medical school at the University of Bologna, where she attended the lectures of clinician Augusto Murri. Her romantic relationship ended badly when her partner was forced to marry another woman but the delusion didn't stop her from achieving her goals. In 1893 she graduated in medicine with honors discussing her thesis, "Le ovaie nelle peritoniti sperimentali", with professor Giovanni Martinotti. Amalia was the third woman to graduate in medicine from the University of Bologna. She then studied pediatrics (being the first woman