Rita Levi Montalcini, a woman particularly important for the history of our country because of her scientific research. In addition to the social role she had until her death, she was also a famous activist for women’ s rights and went against the social standards of the time.
La Montalcini was born in a Jewish family in 1909, and when she completed her studies at a female high school, she enrolled in the faculty of medicine, ignoring the common usage of the time. Li met several scientists who later became Nobel laureates and specialized in neurology. After graduation she conducted several studies on nerve cells in the laboratory, however in 1939 the rational laws forced her to hide in Florence with her mother and sisters; here she worked as a doctor in an refugee camp. After the war he continued his scientific research in Italy and abroad, then managed to win a Nobel Prize for medicine thanks to the study on medicinal called NGF which proved to be decisive for the cure of some diseases of the brain. She was socially active and founded a foundation to help women’ s education in poor states. Continued to disseminate science until his death in 2012.