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

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1. CarveHerName (carvehername@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2024 11:39:22 UTC 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 Marie Curie, and was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize but never received it.

   #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM #ScienceHistory #History #Histodons