Boys Education vs. Girls Education
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Boys had more formal education than women before college. It was also far easier for them to find a college to enroll in. Boys were encouraged to get an education and get degrees. College professors were primarily male as well (especially at La Sorbonne, where Marie Curie was the first female professor). It was completely normal for a man to have a job in science or math.
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It was considerably harder for a women to get an education than it was for a man. Formal education for girls ended at 15 or 16 and few went to college. Few colleges even allowed women to enroll. Women were not encouraged to get an education. This was because they were expected to get married and stay home with their children. It was more important for a woman to cook and run a house than for her to go out and get a job. It was viewed as inappropriate for a woman to have a job other than caring for children. A women doing science or math would receive lots of criticism.
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Education in Russian-Ruled Poland
In the mid/late 1800s, Russia was in control of Poland. The Russians forbade people from practicing Polish culture, such as speaking Polish in public. They would be punished if they were caught. People could be fired from their jobs if they were suspected of promoting Polish culture, like Curie's father was. Schoolchildren were required to speak Russian, and they were tested on it. Many children went to government schools, like Curie. After graduating, thousands of women went to an illegal Polish school, called "Floating University" or "Flying University" because it's location changed a lot to avoid detection by Russian authorities.
Sources for this tab:
-E. Curie
-Lassieur
-Pasachoff
-Yannuzzi
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-E. Curie
-Lassieur
-Pasachoff
-Yannuzzi
-iode.ca