photo of Marguerite Perey in her long lab coat. She is a white woman with dark hair.

Notices where this attachment appears

1. Embed this notice
   CarveHerName (carvehername@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 18:15:52 JST CarveHerName

   #OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1939, French physicist Marguerite Perey discovers element 87, which she later names francium. It was the last element to be discovered naturally.

   Perey was a student of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize but never received it.

   #WomenInSTEM #ScienceHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons