Rita Levi-Montalcini

Overview

Rita Levi-Montalcini born Turin, Italy April 22, 1909 (d. 2012) Italian-American neurologist. Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1986. Advocated education for peace in her autobiography In Praise of Imperfection, 1988.

Quotations

"[W]ithout peace, the human species ends. . . Peace is not absence of war. Peace is something that goes further, peace must be worked out and built. I said many times that war has been a monopoly of the male sex. Therefore, women have the most difficult task: to be builders of peace." (jakvydelat interview; photo nytimes.com)