Which answer matches this clue: the 18th-century Bologna physicist who was the first woman to hold a university chair in science?

• A Maria Gaetana Agnesi
• B Anna Morandi Manzolini
• C Laura Bassi ✓
• D Elena Cornaro Piscopia

Laura Bassi earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1732 and was appointed professor of physics at the University of Bologna, the first salaried woman lecturer in Europe.