Radium Mania - Fleurance cultural season

Cie Ah! Destiny (31)

On April 19, 1906, Pierre Curie died accidentally. At 39, Marie Curie is a widow and must redouble her efforts to assert and maintain her place within the exclusively male scientific community. Now a single woman and a foreigner to boot, she is the subject of numerous criticisms and finds herself confronted with obstacles linked to her gender. All his life, the Radium star must struggle to pass through the meshes of obstacles. How did this Polish woman, from an educated but modest background, banned from university by the Russian Empire, manage to revolutionize the scientific and medical field?
By focusing on the most fascinating anecdotes of her life and relying on the numerous correspondences and speeches of Mania Sklodowska, Radium Mania reveals, beyond an exceptional destiny, an inspiring journey of struggle. This show questions the place of women in the scientific community as well as their access to studies, subjects which are still relevant a century later.

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