Marie Curie's Accomplishments

Because of World War I, many women were in demand in the job market and soon women enrolled in courses of higher education. Women started learning more about mathematics because women were dominating over the many industries at the time. Newspapers even started articles designed for women. With higher education some women even advanced in the medical field and law field to become doctors, lawyers, and bankers.

Many women have had an impact on science over the years and their accomplishments tend to be underappreciated by the public eye. Often times, there are important people that have made a significant impact on the world that we have today that do not receive the credit and attention that they deserve for their accomplishments. Recognizing and acknowledging people that have made an impact on society now and in the past, is an important part of learning about history and the accomplishments of the past.

Women are capable of exercising the progress of knowledge and are a great influence. The knowledge, power, and beauty of women are essential. Women are knowledgeable and play a supporting

During the American revolution, women were very helpful assisting the men in the war. Some women became soldiers or were even spies for the colonies, so that they may see what their enemy. Their were nine women that assisted with the win of the American Revolution. These women were Deborah Samson, Prudence Cummings Wright, Sybil Ludington, Lydia Darragh, Patience Wright, Nancy Ward, Esther Deberdt Reed, Agent 355, and Margaret Corbin. One neat thing about Agent 355 is that she assisted

Many women throughout history have been able to create a substantial impact on society, not only as it was back then, but also today. Throughout the course so far, we have talked about a few incredible women who helped us get to where we are today. Elizabeth Murray, Eliza Lucas Pickney, and Mary Katherine Goddard were all women who overcame adversity in the 1700s. Another notable woman is Anne Catherine Hoof Green.

In the medical field, there have been many achievements by both men and women. Whether it was developing, discovering, or being the first person to do something, they all shared an impact on the way the medical field is today. I researched Jonas Salk, the man who developed the Polio vaccine. I selected him because I believe he has one the of biggest impacts on the medical field today. In my opinion, without him, the Polio epidemic would still be killing many people, in not only the U.S., but around the world as well.

In the year of 1921, Edith Wharton is the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize (“Famous”). This achievement encouraged women to do more than what was expected of them at the time. During this time period women did a lot more than get the right to vote and get elected into positions of power. In the year of 1928, Amelia Earhart crossed the Atlantic in an airplane and was the first woman to do so (“Decades”). This was an important accomplishment for women because this event showed that women could do more than the sexist stereotypes they tend to be tied to. In addition to achieving the right to vote women also achieved a few other firsts. In the year of 1928, Women competed in the Olympic field events for the first time (“Decades”). Women being able to compete in the Olympics was an important event because it went against many sexist stereotypes of the time and made it possible for future women to continue to be able to compete. Women accomplished a lot more than being given the right to vote in the 1920s. In the year of 1929, Ellen Church was the first woman flight attendant for United Airlines (Greenspan 330). As a result of this event many women were inspired to get out into the workforce. As a result more airline companies hired more women. Another example of a first for women would be Clara Senecal. In the year of 1926, Clara Senecal became the first woman sheriff in the state of

The impact that women have on society is not only limited to the present, women in the past have not been kept quite while they were supposed to. Women have worked to fight for the rights of people in the past when women were not allowed to fight for rights they did. One thing that women do extremely well is organize and fight for the rights for people who they are organizing against. When women did not have the right to vote there were many protests that were organized by women and they fought for their right to vote with all women coming together for them to gain that right. Women have had an active voice when it comes to active protests for equal rights for all when people are being mistreated.

Marie Curie fits the theme perfectly in another way, encounter. She had a troublesome time getting the education she needed, and even when she presented a reasonable hypothesis, it was all but brushed off because she was not respected. Curie also had an encounter with the Solvay conference, which was a gathering of some of the greatest minds at the time. One of the most important things Curie did was help during World War One by inventing and distributing portable x-ray machines to help aid soldiers.

(Famous first) With women making jimple but effective accomplishments like; being the first to be put in a museum, opening up clinics, winning a pulitzer prize, and in 1928 the first women to fly across the atlantic ocean. Francis Perkins a sociologist and Progressive reformer in New York, served as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s

Not only is having these stereotypes about women in science for instance that they’re not as good as men at science and they’re not capable of being both a mother and a scientist is inadequate it is morally wrong. Women in the science field are a must because there are 35.2% of chemists, 11.1% of physicists and astronomers that are women there is a demand for the integration of women in this area but by having some certain stereotypes it makes it that much harder to expand science. By expanding science, opens up all different kinds of doors to various discoveries of many new and fascinating things that were once believed to be impossible. Women in this area of expertise are here to do what men do and it is not about being better than them it is about being treated the same. Recognition does not hurt anyone especially if it is something about a magnificent discovery because at the end of the day what would this world be without women in science.

Marie Curie was born in Poland. Even as a little girl she always dreamed of being a scientist. She ended up making discoveries about the material that makes up the universe. She discovered two new elements: polonium and radium. She and her husband’s discovered what caused x-rays. They also found out several facts about atoms no one ever knew. Marie was lucky because her family knew that education was important. She was the youngest of five siblings. Even though Marie was smart and did very well in school she still had a tough childhood. Where she lived was experiencing troubles that sometimes put her in danger. When she was ten her mother died from tuberculosis. This event drove her even harder to achieve. Marie graduated and wanted to

Although Marie Curie was a female borne into a male dominated empire she ended up getting a very good education and developed lifesaving radiologic technology. née Maria Salomea Skłodowska was borne in Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland). She later married to Pierre Curie and had two daughters, one being Irene Curie who was also a famous scientist. Marie Curie was a physicist and a chemist who made a lot of advancements in the field of science and in women’s achievement level. Marie Curie made many breakthroughs that impact the world today, such as the development of radiology, the development of treatments for cancer, the empowerment of women to join the field of science, and inspiring women to get educations.

Physics has always been a dominantly male subject. When asked about famous scientists, Marie Curie is too often the first and only female name to pop into a person’s mind. In the past, such an occupation for a woman would have been unheard of. Finding women in science during Curie’s time such as herself would have been like coming across a needle in a haystack. Historically, women have always been known to be “not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil” (citation for WIC.org here). Early Roman law went as far as describing women as child-like, eternally subordinate to men. An example of the latter can be found in Greek mythology: it was a female figure, Pandora, who opened the taboo box and brought pestilences, hardships and sorrow to mankind. Men- especially working men, found it better and more beneficial to be assisted by another man in work than

Marie Curie LIFE OF MARIE CURIE      Marie Curie(1867-1934) was a French physicist with many accomplishments in both physics and chemistry. Marie and her husband Pierre, who was also a French physicist, are both famous for their work in radioactivity.      Marie Curie, originally named Marja Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw, Poland on Nov.7, 1867. Her first learning of physics came from her father who taught it in high school. Marie's father must have taught his daughter well because in 1891, she went to Paris(where she changed her original name) and enrolled in the Sorbonne.