Marie Curie, The Mother of Physics

Many know Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes, one in 1903 for Physics and the other in 1911 for Chemistry, but how many people know she was the mother of two children? The quandry of how women balance a research profession and motherhood is being tackled by Emily Monosson according to a report on the The American Astronomical Society website. Ms. Monosson is focusing on women, science, and family and has tentatively titled the book Motherhood: The Elelphant in the Laboratory.

An excerpt follows:

The aim of this book is to initiate a national discussion about science, work,
and motherhood, by highlighting the unique accomplishments and challenges of
women, as scientists and as mothers, with the ultimate goal of redefining the
concept of career scientist.

Scientists with families, particularly women with young children, find it
difficult to achieve a balance between work and family in these highly
competitive often male dominated fields. But many do. They work
part-time or full-time, they opt-out, and opt back-in, they become
entrepreneurs, they job share, they get creative.

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