The Day Marie Curie Got Snubbed by the French Science World | PBS NEWs Hour

“And Curie still is not a member of the French National Academy. 

Marguerite Perey, a French physicist who discovered the element francium, was the first woman to be elected, although this did not occur until 1962, more than half a century after Curie’s defeat.”

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Scientists gathered at the 1911 Solvay conference. Benjamin Couprie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons