{"id":1579,"date":"2017-09-21T15:53:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T20:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/friends\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:34:16","slug":"marie-sklodowska-curie-piecing-together-the-historical-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/2017\/09\/21\/marie-sklodowska-curie-piecing-together-the-historical-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Marie Sk\u0142odowska Curie: Piecing Together the Historical Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loyola University Chicago Libraries and
\nthe Newberry Library <\/p>\n

Present the Fifth Annual
\nFOCUS ON THE BOOK<\/p>\n

Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Marie Curie<\/em><\/p>\n

in collaboration with the
\nWomen & Leadership Archives and Council 27 of Polish Women\u2019s Alliance of America <\/p>\n

\n

Marie Sk\u0142odowska Curie
\nPiecing Together the Historical Puzzle<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Presented by
\nDr. Helena Pycior<\/strong><\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Thursday, October 26, 2017 \u2022 6:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nKlarchek Information Commons, Fourth Floor
\nLoyola University Chicago Libraries
\n1032 W. Sheridan Road
\nChicago, Illinois<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Dr. Helena Pycior<\/strong>, Professor Emerita of the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will discuss how Marie Sk\u0142odowska Curie, renowned scientist and twice Nobel Prize winner, became known as the \u201chealer of cancer.\u201d Curie was named an Honorary Member of Polish Women\u2019s Alliance in 1921, and the organization helped fund her research.<\/p>\n

Reception with light refreshments and wine bar to follow presentation.
\nRaffle to benefit the PWA Archives Preservation Project.<\/p>\n

Reservations kindly requested to Antoinette Trela at 847-384-1206 or polprin@aol.com<\/a> before October 20, 2017.<\/p>\n

Please visit pwaa.org<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

About the Speaker
\nShortly after receiving her Ph.D. in the History of Science from Cornell University, Helena Pycior became fascinated with Marie Sk\u0142odowska Curie and began a decades-long pursuit of Curie as a scientist, woman, and symbol. Dr. Pycior has published four essays on Curie, as well as books and articles on the history of algebra, spousal collaboration in science, and presidential pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Loyola University Chicago Libraries
\nand the Newberry Library<\/p>\n

Present the Fifth Annual
\nFOCUS ON THE BOOK<\/p>\n

Celebrating the 150th Anniversary
\nof the Birth of Marie Curie<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

Thursday, October 26, 2017<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5998,5858,6851],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1579"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}