Facts about Rita Levi Montalcini
Rita Levi Montalcini was born
in Torino, in 1909.
In 1936 she graduated in
medicine.
In 1938 she emigrated to
Belgium, because of the
racial laws promulgated by
the fascist regime.
In 1951-1952 she discovered
the nerve growth factor
known as NGF.
In 1986 she was awarded by
Nobel Prize for Medicine.
She died in 2012, in Rome.
Why she is
famous
She was a great scientist, a
neurologist. She discovered the
nerve growth factor known as NGF,
because of this discovery she was
awarded by Nobel Prize for
Medicine, in 1986
She was appointed Senator for life
in 2001 because of her scientific
and social achievements.
She was a member of the
biggest international
scientific acadamies, like
“Accademia Nazionale dei
Lincei”, “Pontificia
Accademia Delle Scienze”
(she was the first woman),
“Accademia Nazionale delle
Scienze”, “National Academy
of Sciences” (american),
Royal Society.
Why and how she inspires people
She was firm and brave.
She was not discouraged
by adversity….
…of history, like the
racial laws
…of life, she said that
she was a woman grew up
in a men’s world, and she
knew that women and
men are equal mentally
… of time, she said:
“The body does what he
wants. I am not the
body: I am the mind”.