Comment on Marie Curie DayparentComments−jgrahamcOP13y> I don't accept the premise the article that Marie Curie isn't celebrated in her own right.That's not the premise of my article. The premise is that Marie Curie would make a much better figurehead than Ada Lovelace.−marquis13yI agree if we are speaking about achievement in general, but Ada is specifically celebrated for her insight into computing, so it's relevant in that context whereas Curie, as far as I know, never had anything to do with the topic.
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> I don't accept the premise the article that Marie Curie isn't celebrated in her own right.
That's not the premise of my article. The premise is that Marie Curie would make a much better figurehead than Ada Lovelace.
I agree if we are speaking about achievement in general, but Ada is specifically celebrated for her insight into computing, so it's relevant in that context whereas Curie, as far as I know, never had anything to do with the topic.