Stefania Wolicka (1851–1937) was a Polish historian and the first woman awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy at the University of Zürich (in 1875).
There is no evidence that Wolicka was ever part of this circle, and recent research indicates that some students in Zürich were listed as revolutionaries by the government based solely on the fact that they had attended university in Switzerland during the period 1872–73.
Her doctoral dissertation is titled "Griechische Frauengestalten, 1.Teil" (Greek Figures of Women, Part 1).
In 1895, she published an article in the Polish law journal Athenæum titled "Twenty five years of the parliamentary struggle for the rights of women.
"[11] Wolicka was the first woman to earn a Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Europe in the modern era.