Marie applied for admission at the French Academy of Sciences and was turned down by two votes, Emile Amagat backed up his voting decision by saying, “Women cannot be part of the institute of France.” She later would not them publish her work for more than 10 years. Later, after Pierre, marie’s husband had died. Love letters were published that were being exchanged between Marie and Paul Langevin, one of Pierre’s students. Altho Pierre was dead at the time and Paul was a very unhappily married man that was separated from his wife. The media still saw this as an affair and rumors spread that the affair had started before Pierre’s death causing him to commit
