Powerful Women You Should Know About

Spotlight on: Rita Levi Montalcini

Spotlight on: Rita Levi Montalcini

  Rita Levi Montalcini was born in Turin in 1909 to Jewish parents. She studied medicine, but her passion soon turned to research. In 1938 Mussolini’s new law, barring all...

Spotlight on: Rita Levi Montalcini

  Rita Levi Montalcini was born in Turin in 1909 to Jewish parents. She studied medicine, but her passion soon turned to research. In 1938 Mussolini’s new law, barring all...

Spotlight on: Mary Anning

Spotlight on: Mary Anning

Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England, to a very large, very poor family. Her family was ostracised as Protestants who had separated from the Church of...

Spotlight on: Mary Anning

Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England, to a very large, very poor family. Her family was ostracised as Protestants who had separated from the Church of...

Spotlight on: Hedy Lamarr

Spotlight on: Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna in 1914 to Jewish parents. Despite her first marriage keeping her safe from immediate persecution from the Nazis, she was deeply...

Spotlight on: Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna in 1914 to Jewish parents. Despite her first marriage keeping her safe from immediate persecution from the Nazis, she was deeply...