Josefa Vicenta Giambastiani de Peláez

Josefa Vicenta Giambastiani de Peláez (10 April 1891–1974) was an Argentine geologist and the first woman to receive the title of Doctor in Geological Sciences from the Faculty of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of the National University of Córdoba. She wrote one of the classic textbooks for teaching geology in Argentina, published by Peuser in 1935, with numerous reissues and in addition to her discoveries in petrology, mineralogy and marble chemistry.

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