Comment on Marie Curie
_skj@lemmy.world 1 week agoLooks 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.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 week 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 4 days 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