Episode 1: Marie Curie – Rebel Women Podcast
Making the Episode
Marie Curie: Making the Episode
In reading, listening to audiobooks and researching Marie Curie, I did have a sense of realizing what an enormous topic I had undertaken. I wanted to make sure that I covered every aspect of her life, but she led an incredible life that I simply wouldn’t be able to cover in the amount of time I had slotted for myself. My intention was to make episode about 45 minutes in length, but the reality is that I simply have too much to talk about, and even where I capped the episode (66 minutes), I still had to omit information. And…
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Marie Curie: Sources
Books:Madame Curie: A Biography, by Eve CurieObsessive Genius, by Barbara GoldsmithRadium Girls, by Kate Moore Locally Owned Bookstores:St. Louis, Missouri’s Novel NeighborSt. Louis, Missouri’s Left Bank BooksWashington D.C.’s Politics and ProseNashville, Tennesse’s Parnassus BooksNashville, Tennesse’s Novelette Movies:Madame Curie, 1944, directed by Mervyn LeRoyRadium Girls, directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher and Ginny MohlerRadioactive, directed by Marjane Satrapi Websites:Gönül Kemikler’s “History of Brachytherapy.” Turkish Journal of Oncology, 2019, https://doi.org/10.5505/tjo.2019.1. “Marie Curie (Article) | 3. Stars Elements.” Khan AcademyNaomi Pasachoff’s “Marie Curie and the Science of Radioactivity.”Niels Bohr Library Archives: https://history.aip.org/exhibits/curie/. https://explore.psl.eu/en/discover/virtual-exhibits/marie-curie-1867-1934
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Marie Curie: Show Notes
• November 7, 1867—Marie Salomea Sklodovska is born, the last of five children, Zofia, Jozef, Bronislawa (Bronya), Helenao Alfred Nobel has invented dynamiteo The Civil War in America ended 2 years agoo Alaska purchase was madeo The Austro-Hungarian Empire if foundedo Emperor Komei of Japan has died, his fourteen year old son takes over as emperor Meiji and marries Ichijo Harukoo Cambodia has declared independence from Siam and is under the protection of France and Britaino US takes Midway Island• At the age of 10, her mother succumbs to tuberculosis• 1883—Marie wins a gold medal at age 15 for her…
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