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Rita Levi Montalcini

She was an Italian-born neurologist and senator . The scientist who, to continue research on nerve cells, set up a laboratory in the bedroom, until in 1947 she reached the United States where she worked for twenty years. Animated by a continuous need for knowledge, she dedicated her life to scientific research and in 1986 she received the Nobel prize for medicine. She has been the first woman to be admitted to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Carla Fracci, one of the greatest dancers of the 1900s, is an icon of classical dance not only in Italy, but throughout the world.&nbsp;

Daughter of a tram driver, she studied at the dance school of the Teatro alla Scala and graduated in 1954. After two years she became a solo dancer, then first dancer in 1958. She danced with various dancers, including Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alexander Godunov , Roberto Bolle.

Samantha Cristoforetti: a pearl in space.

As a child she had a dream: to touch the stars! In 2009 she was selected as an astronaut by the European Space Agency, as the first Italian woman and only the third European, qualifying among the six best of a selection of 8500 people. It was November 23, 2014 when Samantha leaves for space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The mission lasts 199 days. It was the first mission of an Italian woman in space, a fantastic woman who tenaciously made her dream come true.

She left many introspective and descriptive writings that made well known the socio-economic and cultural framework of Naples of his time.&nbsp;

She redeemed the intelligence of women in an unconventional role in both private and public life, as she was the first woman to found and direct a newspaper, "Il Mattino".

Courageous war correspondent in an era in which technologies and the current means of communication did not exist. Twelve times in seven years she returned to Vietnam to document the truth and lies, heroism and damnation of a conflict that has marked an entire generation. She interviewed the greats of the history of the 70s such as Kissinger, Khomeini, Gaddafi;&nbsp;futhermore she aroused great debates on issues of conscience and international politics.

She was one of the most brilliant minds of the contemporary Italian scientific community. She has conducted very important studies in the field of astrophysics. The first woman to direct an astronomical observatory in Italy, she contributed to the dissemination of the matter and to the research with the study and classification of different categories of stars.

Pedagogist, philosopher, scientist, educator of great culture, with her treatise on the method of scientific pedagogy she revolutionized the world of education and teaching around the world.&nbsp;

Throughout her life she worked hard for the liberation, defense and recognition of the dignity of the child.

Painter and one of the most incredible women of the seventeenth century.

Artemisia Gentileschi: a heroine of feminism

Her father Horace, an esteemed painter of the time, perceived the artistic skills of Artemisia at 17 years of age, he painted, "Susanna and the Elders". It was precisely a colleague and friend of her father, Agostino Tassi, who raped her: an event that profoundly marked her life and art. The father denounced the fact to the judicial authorities who ordered an interrogation under torture for the young woman, to speed up the verification of the truth. However, despite the pains she was forced to suffer, she did not retract her deposition.

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Celebrate women's international day

It is today the most famous Italian physics in the world. First woman who, from 1 January 2016 and for five years, headed the European Organization for Nuclear Research based in Geneva. Unique Italian together with Miuccia Prada in the Forbes ranking of the most influential women in the world.

She does not like to be called "director", but director. Beatrice Venezi, young, charming and talented. Beatrice does not give up her innate feminility which is released between the long golden hair and the graceful curves of a sinuous body: on the podium she wears evening dress and high heels. In facto, she says: "I don't have to disguise myself as a man to show that I can conduct an orchestra."

Artemisia Gentileschi in the twentieth century became a symbol of feminism, as she rebelled against the violence suffered. A great artist, independent and emancipated, she was a master of her destiny, despite everything, in the seventeenth century.

She brought his company to the top of international fashion. Aspect of her work lies not only in designing clothing and accessories, but also in selling them.&nbsp;

Miuccia was in fact the first designer to collaborate with new architects to change the design of the stores. Her name appears in the Forbes ranking of the most influential women in the world.

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