A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Ivrea, Manzoli deL Monte, Giovanna
IVREA, MANZOLI DEL MONTE, GIOVANNA,
Was born at Genoa, She received the rudiments of her education at the convent of Benedictine nuns in Genoa, and was afterwards placed at the monastery of St. Andrew, in the same city, where her studies were pursued on a more extended base. After her marriage with Count Manzoli del Monte, she resided in Modena, and indulged in the desire for improvement, for which she was furnished with opportunities. She was instructed in Natural Philosophy by Father Pompilio Pozzetti, a man of great erudition, who directed her in the study of the classics, as well as in every science. Her own inclinations led her almost exclusively to experimental science—but to gratify the earnest wish of her husband, she devoted part of her time to imaginitive works, and these met with distinguished success. She was invited to be a member of "The Arcadia," at Rome, of the Academy of the Indefessi at Alexandria, and that of Arts, Letters, and Science at Modena.
She has witten "La Tarquinia, a vision in verse," "A Collection of Sonnets," "A Collection of Epigrams, and several Odes.