First lady joins official ranks of Venice's gondoliers

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First lady joins official ranks of Venice's gondoliers

Authorities in Italy's lagoon city of Venice have granted a full licence to a female gondolier for the first time.
Mother-of-two Giorgia Boscolo, 24, whose father was also a gondolier, passed a year-long series of practical and written tests.
Mrs Boscolo joins the hitherto all-male Venetian gondoliers' guild and can now officially row tourists through the city's narrow canals.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10976450