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Rita Levi-Montalcini

February 11, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Lady of the Cells

Rita Levi-Montalcini had to deal with patriarchal disapproval, Fascist anti-Semitism, misogyny and war before earning a Nobel Prize for discovering nerve growth factor. Says she, "If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize."

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