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Obituary of Rita Levi-Montalcini: Nobel Prize-wininng neurophysiologist worked at Washington U.
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan.
Rita levi montalcini diede
1, 2013 - By the time she arrived in St. Louis in 1947, Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini had overcome two major obstacles to her scientific career: A loving, but “Victorian” father and a fascist dictator.
Dr. Levi-Montalcini, whose nerve-growth research would eventually make her the fourth woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and was the oldest living Laureate, died Sunday (Dec.
30, 2012) at her home in Rome. Her death was announced by Mayor Gianni Alemanno of Rome, who called it a great loss “for all humanity.” She was 103.
Her father believed a woman’s place was in the home.
Theirs was “a typical Victorian style of life, all decisions being taken by the head of the family, the husband and father,” Ms.
Levi-Montalcini wrote of her home life.
“He loved us dearly and had a great respect for women