Anna Yevreinova

Following her study at the University of Leipzig, she was the first Russian woman to earn the Doctor of Law degree,[1] she was also the first woman who obtained the Doctor of Law degree from a German university.

[citation needed] Anna Yevreinova was a daughter of the manager of the Peterhof Palace, lieutenant general Mikhail Yevreinov [ru].

The family tried to arrange Anna's marriage against her will forcing her to attempted suicide.

At that time Anna received a letter from Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya, who proposed help in enrolling to a German university.

Since the family objected to her move, Anna could not receive a Russian passport and crossed the border illegally, traversing swamps in prunella shoes.