The Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA) is running a four-part series commemorating women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) for Jewish American Heritage Month. In conducting research on ALS, JWA discovered her 103 yr-old mother-in-law, Rita Levi-Montalcini, was a Noble Prize winner. Read more at Jewish Women in STEM.

Thumbnail photo: Rita Levi-Montalcine, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology & Medicine, 1986