[Poland] Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie
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yashika22
What did Marie Curie accomplish?
Working with her husband, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie discovered polonium and radium in 1898. In 1903 they won the Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering radioactivity. In 1911 she won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for isolating pure radium. Following work on X-rays during World War I, she studied radioactive substances and their medical applications.
What awards did Marie Curie win?
With Henri Becquerel and her husband, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics. She was the sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only woman to win the award in two different fields.
Why was Marie Curie important?
Marie Curie’s contributions to physics were immense, not only in her own work, as indicated by her two Nobel Prizes, but also through her influence on subsequent generations of nuclear physicists and chemists. Her work paved the way for the discovery of the neutron and artificial radioactivity.
Interesting fact to add The Curie family has grabbed 5 Nobel Prizes
So there should be a stamp dedicated to her, specific to Poland, her birthplace. And also France as she was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist.
And I think there aren't any stamps for 'inspirational women' who made major breakthrough and achievements in different fields.
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marsaccount
I think I'd love having her in my collection. I think it would be even more amazing having a collection of inspirational women from other parts of the world. I'm talking about Rita Levi-Montalcini or even Rosalind Franklin for example.
HeroIsAGirlsName
marsaccount: I agree. There are currently many more stamps celebrating historical men than women. While I appreciate that Slowly want to only do stamps for people who have been officially recognised as significant (i.e. with days in their honour) in their own countries, men are historically far more likely to have their achievements recognised than women and I worry that this policy risks replicating sexism, even though the intention is not sexist.
There was an effort a while ago to promote more stamps based on notable women but many of these were closed under the new policy.
madcow.hk
Should it be Poland exclusive? Or both Poland and France?
girlblogger30
madcow.hk: Maria Skłodowska-Curie was fully polish, but she married a french man, so yes, she should be Poland exclusive and her husband be french exclusive
Żancia92
I'd rather it was Madame Skłodowska-Curie, not only her husband's name.
Dobrochna
Żancia92: yes!!!! She wanted to be called with her polish last name :)))
BlueMinerva
Żancia92: SECOND THAT, it always makes me so angry when I see people ignoring her first surname. She kept that for a reason, after all.
Shiro from Slowly
Żancia92: Updated the title with her full name :)
r3d0ubt
I strongly support this idea! Maria always fills me with pride as a Pole. She deserves more appreciation and attention, her Polish origin and her two-part surname Skłodowska-Curie are especially important.
Debi
She and her daughter are also the only mother - daughter duo to both win their own Nobel Prize. Remarkable ladies! The whole family with multiple NPs is unbelievably gifted.
Soo, maybe there could be set of all of those Curie / Joliot winner family members?
Mea Helianthus
Don't forget "Skłodowska" :) She was proud to be polish and she used both of her surnames.
Shiro from Slowly
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Nik Nikovsky
Recommend adding
sotru
I love this proposal! Hoping this is taken under review.
Yann2
"And I think there aren't any stamps for 'inspirational women' who made major breakthrough and achievements in different fields."
A good point, this idea jives well with the other proposal for
Lady Ada Lovelace
.Thank you, yashika22, you have my support. Maybe
add an image or two
to your post, before it gets locked and no editing is possible? But it's your call. I like what you brought to us, appreciate the research. Cheers!
HeroIsAGirlsName
Yann2: I agree: I don't have the exact numbers but currently it seems like there are many more male historical figures featured on stamps than women. It would be great to see more women like Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie honoured with a stamp.
Yann2
HeroIsAGirlsName: Yes! There is
Hari Kartini
for Indonesia, that I can remember off the top.There might be others. And if not, time to research and make some more suggestions?
Admiral Grace Hopper
for example. Very important contributions to Computer Science.HeroIsAGirlsName
Yann2: I have a few ideas for women (and others from underrepresented groups) I'd like to nominate. It's due to rain all week where I am, so a good time to stay inside and work on some proposals. Thanks!
Yann2
HeroIsAGirlsName: wonderful idea to pass the less agreeable weather time. WE have lots of that here in Canada, Winter is dreary and long, argh.
I have an idea to suggest - how about
Queen Boudica
?Yann2
That is a nice stamp, but a mythological figure more or less, represent the ideals of the Republic.
Maybe Britannia would fit in the same line, Nonethewiser might like a pantheon of these feminine leaders, models?
Amazons, Valkiries ?
Nonethewiser
Yann2: Did someone say pantheon? 🤩
And I obviously support Marie Curie stamp 100%, same as Ada Lovelace. These are incredible women that the world should know more about.
HeroIsAGirlsName
Yann2: Boudica is a wonderful idea! There's a statue of her in London which would make a great reference. I was thinking of trying to set myself a goal of as many different nationalities as possible, so as not to overload countries which already have lots of suggestions - I was thinking Hypatia (an early mathematician) for Egypt or Sappho for Greece, for example.
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