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1897–1956 France
Irène Joliot-Curie (née Curie; 12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French chemist and physicist, famous for sharing the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity and positron emission.
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I've noticed that almost every day an English minister is nearly killed by suffragettes, but it seems to me that this isn't a very brilliant way to demonstrate that they are capable of voting.
Irène Joliot-Curie, une féministe engagée ? (2012)
(Concerning women's right to vote) my mother always vigorously supported the necessity of this reform.
Irène Joliot-Curie, une féministe engagée ? (2012)
There were some issues on which my mother held absolutely uncompromising opinions. For example, she believed that women should have the same rights, and indeed the same duties, as men.
Irène Joliot-Curie, une féministe engagée ? (2012)
For women to achieve equality with men, it is necessary, indeed indispensable, that they have the right to participate in the political life of the country. Women's suffrage is a matter of principle, and matters of principle have a very great importance.
Irène Joliot-Curie, une féministe engagée ? (2012)
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