Article ID: CBB001252177

The Curie's Lab and Its Women (1906--1934) (2013)

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Marie Curie directed a research laboratory from 1906 to 1934. Several studies have already described its operation, as well as its importance in the field of radioactivity. This article hopes to show, not how the laboratory was unique, but rather how it was integrated into the French University movement at the start of the 20th century. The goal is to resituate the Curie laboratory in the context of the history of higher scientific education in France. This study presents a global overview of all the researchers of the Curie laboratory before focusing in particular upon its female researchers. In fact, the strong presence of women in this laboratory has often been noted. Did Marie Curie favour applications from women? What were the criteria she used to select her collaborators? New sources and biographical research now allow us to highlight the women who spent time at the Curie laboratory. Where did they come from? What were their social and geographic origins? What future did they have after the laboratory? Were they, like their director, able to reconcile research career and family life? Through them we will question the still persistent image of the female researcher devoted to science.

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Authors & Contributors
Eva Hemmungs Wirtén
Evans, Rhodri
Whitlock, Catherine
Martin, Paula J.
Goodman, Martin
Talebian, Mohammad
Concepts
Women in science
Science and gender
Science education and teaching
Universities and colleges
Laboratories
Physics
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Modern
20th century, late
Places
France
United States
England
Portugal
Poland
Canada
Institutions
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Oxford University
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Georgia Institute of Technology
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