With a look at the life of two-time Nobel prize winner Marie Curie — as well as the challenges NASA’s top female astronauts had to endure —  Inverse’s Passant Rabie and Eric Fransisco discuss the history of obstacles women in science have had to overcome in order to advance in their fields.

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https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/radioactive-director-marjane-satrapji-interview

https://www.inverse.com/article/60253-women-in-space

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