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This is kinda of sad, because wikipedia has her page titled as Marie Curie too. It is a bit ironic imo, because poles are very proud of her and yet at the time
by blanche_ 6y ago
This is kinda of sad, because wikipedia has her page titled as Marie Curie too. It is a bit ironic imo, because poles are very proud of her and yet at the time the country failed her, by not giving the possibility of attending university.
- trwired 6y ago> the country failed her, by not giving the possibility of attending university The country didn't exist at the time, being partitioned between Prussia, Russia and Austria-Hungary. Poles didn't have much to say about the university admission policies of the Russian Empire, where she lived. She did, however, attend the so called Flying University [1], which was a higher education institution organized by Polish underground resistance. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_University
- blanche_ 6y agoYou're obviously right, forgot that I have to check if my country existed in a given time.
- bawolff 6y agoSeems like wikipedia decided that they preferred to use the name she is most commonly known by in english sources. I found an old discussion about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Marie_Curie/Archive_2#Requested_move https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Marie_Curie/Archive_2#Req...