Date of Award
6-2012
Document Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Modern Languages and Literatures
Second Department
Modern Languages and Literatures
First Advisor
Charles Batson
Language
English
Keywords
French, scientists, Curie, enlightenment, women
Abstract
France has a unique history of French women scientists dating all the way back to the antiquity. This account of French women scientists focuses on celebrated individuals and their impact on French culture and the Western world. The contributions of Madame du Châtelet, Madame Lavoisier, Marie Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie will be discussed by beginning with femmes savantes of the Enlightenment and finishing with France’s most famous scientific family, the Curie. This account will conclude with a discussion of French women scientists today and the struggles they continue to face.
Recommended Citation
Steiner, Ramsey, "Trop belles pour la science: A Brief Account of French Female Scientists" (2012). Honors Theses. 906.
https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/906
Included in
French and Francophone Language and Literature Commons, Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons