Rita Levi-Montalcini

Historical marker location:

6136 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Delmar Boulevard west of Rosedale Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Born April 22, 1909

The famous Dred Scott case, which helped fuel the tensions that led to the Civil War, originated in Missouri. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in the Missouri courts in 1857, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled against him.