Looks like she continued to use her maiden name throughout her life. American schools seem to always use her French name, including using Marie instead of Maria. Partially because Americans can’t pronounce Polish names. And likely a significant cultural bias towards associating scientific advancement with Western Europe.
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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 10 months ago
I don’t know if she kept her polish last name after marriage but in Poland it’s always Maria Skłodowska-Curie. I think it’s some kind of Polish curse that the most famous poles are not known by polish names so people don’t realize they were Polish. Curie, Chopin, Copernicus, John Paul II. Or, even worse, they are known by polish name by no one can pronounce it. The highest peak in Australia is Mt Kościuszko but Australians don’t know it’s named after polish General because they can’t even say it.
_skj@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 10 months ago
I’ve never seen a “Maria Skłodowska-Curie street” outside of Poland. It’s always Marie Curie. It’s definitely not just USA, it’s the same in Europe.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 10 months ago
Damn first I’ve ever heard of that.
German Wikipedia calls her “Marie Skłodowska Curie, born Maria Salomea Skłodowska”
Apparently she enrolled in a Paris uni as Marie
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The highest peak in Australia is Mt Kościuszko but Australians don’t know it’s named after polish General because they can’t even say it.
Not true about Australians (and I am no patriot).
Slovene@feddit.nl 10 months ago
But it’s NOT a pole, it’s a whole mountain, dumdum.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 10 months ago
I think in Ukraine she’s also more known under the full name, from what I can remember from my school years
gnutrino@programming.dev 10 months ago
Good ole’ Mt Cozy Couscous. To be fair, no one forced the Poles to make their language unpronounceable by anyone without a lifetime’s practice or severe sinus issues.