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Venice's first female gondolier

source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/08/2010820191623193491.html

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Giorgia Boscola is set to become the first female gondola guide in the Italian city of Venice, breaking a 900-year-old male-only tradition.

Boscola - who has been rowing since she was seven years old - is the first female to ever pass the challenging gondolier exam.

But she still has to take a technical exam on navigating through the city's ubiquitous canals and its famous landmarks before she earns her official license to guide sightseers.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/08/2010820191623193491.html
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