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Professor Nair de França e Araujo was born in 1931 in the city of Maragogipe, inland Bahia. Daughter of housewife Victorina da França e Araújo, and joiner Elpidio Cyrilo de Araújo, she was the first woman to graduate, in Bahia, with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 1954, when the Course still worked at the College of Philosophy of the University of Bahia, today UFBA. In 1959, she attended a Specialization Course in Organic Chemistry at the University of São Paulo (USP) and, in 1976, defended her master's dissertation in Organic Chemistry by developing a research on the synthesis of nitriles starting from aldehydes in organic compounds, in partnership with the Local Petrochemical Pole.

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  • NAIR DA FRANÇA E ARAÚJO: FIRST WOMAN, IN BAHIA, TO OBTAIN A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY

  • Daughter of housewife Victorina da França e Araújo, and joiner Elpidio Cyrilo de Araújo, she was the first woman to graduate, in Bahia, with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 1954, when the Course still worked at the College of Philosophy of the University of Bahia, today UFBA

  • In 1959, she attended a Specialization Course in Organic Chemistry at the University of São Paulo (USP) and, in 1976, defended her master's dissertation in Organic Chemistry by developing a research on the synthesis of nitriles starting from aldehydes in organic compounds, in partnership with the Local Petrochemical Pole

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NAIR DA FRANÇA E ARAÚJO: FIRST WOMAN, IN BAHIA, TO OBTAIN A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CHEMISTRY. Resumo: A professora Nair da França e Araujo nasceu em 1931 na cidade de Maragogipe, interior da Bahia. Filha da dona de casa Victorina da França e Araújo, e do marceneiro Elpidio Cyrilo de Araújo, foi a primeira mulher a se graduar, na Bahia, em bacharelado em Química no ano de 1954, quando o Curso ainda funcionava na Faculdade de Filosofia da Universidade da Bahia, hoje UFBA.

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