Venice may soon have its first official woman gondolier
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice is on its way to having its first official female gondolier.
City Hall said Friday that Giorgia Boscolo had passed the practical exam to become a gondolier. She is the first woman to pass this test, considered the most difficult of those required to pilot a boat on Venice's canals.
Boscolo must pass one further test, a written, multiple-choice exam, in order to join the guild of official gondoliers.
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Deputy Mayor Sandro Simionato says her success breaks "900 years of male dominance" in the profession, and that it will likely inspire more women to try.
A German woman once won the right to transport guests of a Venice hotel, but only aboard the hotel's gondola.
According to the ANSA news agency, Boscolo is a 24-year-old mother of two.