Irène Joliot-Curie

In the book The Stranger, death is immediately brought into the main character 's life. Monsieur Meursault finds out at the beginning of the book that his mother had just died. Living far away because of his job, he did not maintain as strong of a relationship with his mother as he had in the past. When he arrives at the funeral, he is not as upset as many of the guests are. He doesn’t even know how old his mother was when she died. As the book progresses, Meursault and one of his friends…

Historically, the Chippewa Indians placed their male and female members in rigid, gender-specific roles; the men were warriors and protectors, leaving their families to hunt and go to war, while the women tended to hearth and home, raising the children, caring for the home, and planting and harvesting the food they were also responsible for preparing. As this was once also the typical attitude towards gender roles in European-American families, it would seem that the two worlds would naturally…

need radiation treatment. Radiation and x-rays are available today because of Marie Curie; a scientist from Poland that discovered Radiation and Plutonium. Where would we be without these scientists? They have paved the way for some many scientists…

Marie’s father had a dream of becoming a chemist that he could not achieve because of social and financial obstacles. Marie achieved this goal for her father. During the 1940s, women in science career fields was a new and controversial topic. Marie Daly, with the disadvantage at the time of being African American and a woman, fought the stereotype that women should be “in the kitchen” and was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. Since then, Marie Daly has been a part of many…

Inside Albert Camus’s The Stranger, Camus portrays Meursault as an absurd hero. Meursault was attached to the physical world, and he was different from a normal individual. Meursault would have a direct impact from the “shimmering heat” (17) of the sun, which ultimately caused him to “squeeze his hand around [his] revolver” (59) and kill an Arab. As a result, Meursault had to live in jail, and he had to change his routine. He would spend “sixteen to eighteen hours a day” (79) sleeping, and his…

The Importance Of Farming Frankie found a tall thicket of wheat to hide himself in while he threw up. His spine quivered like the Tacoma Narrows, about to collapse, as he bent over to release what had built up within himself. He took off his hat, sat down next to the newly-created puddle, and wept. He heard someone walk by, crushing crops as they made a trail. They didn 't notice him, and in that moment he felt thankful for his crops. It was the closest thing to happiness he had felt in the…

Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a chemist and she was born in London England on July 25th, 1920. At just the age of 15 Rosalind Elsie Franklin decided she wanted to be a scientist. Receiving her education at several schools which also includes North London Collegiate School which she excelled in science. She was best known for the role she played in the the discovery of the structure of DNA, also her pioneering the use of X-ray diffraction. Franklin enrolled at Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1938…

very influential scientist was Marie Curie. Marie Curie was born on November 17, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is a country in the eastern part of Europe. She was the youngest of five siblings and her parents were Wladyslaw and Bronislawa Slowkowski. Marie Curie was very religious, as was her family, growing up early in life but she lost faith when her sister died of disease. Later she also lost her mother due to tuberculosis. She was married to Pierre Curie who was also influential in the…

one fact. In honor of Women’s History Month, we gathered five women from our book WHO WINS?: 100 Historical Figures Go Head-to-Head and You Decide the Winner by Clay Swartz, Illustrated by Tom Booth that we think are worth knowing more about. Marie Curie (1867-1934) Well-known fact: She died of radiation. While her work with radiation is known to have killed her, most people don’t realize the milestones she reached for women in science. Growing up…

It is often said that perception is reality. In Louise Erdrich’s novel, “Love Medicine,” this is not entirely the case. Lipsha Morrissey is a young man adopted by whom he calls his “Grandma” Marie Kapshaw. Marie in all appearances is what some would call “super-mom.” Tending to the needs of everyone around her, with the perception of a domestic goddess, most women aspire to be, with her strength clearly displayed. Lipsha’s real grandmother, Lulu, on the other hand, appeared to be…