Dorothea von Rodde-Schlözer was a German scholar and the first woman to receive a doctor of philosophy degree in Germany. She was one of the so-called Universitätsmamsellen, a group of five academically active women during the 18th and 19th centuries, daughters of academics at Göttingen University, alongside Meta Forkel-Liebeskind, Therese Huber, Philippine Engelhard, and Caroline Schelling.
- Occupation
- salonnière, philosopher, scholar
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Hanover
- Born
- August 18, 1770, August 10, 1770
- Died
- July 12, 1825
