Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. The Overview
7. Early Years of Radioactivity 3
8. Pioneer Women of Radioactivity 12
9. The French Group
10. Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family 31
11. Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist 51
12. May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry 76
13. Catherine Chamie: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium 82
14. Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist 87
15. Alicja Dorabialska: Polish Chemist 92
16. Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps 97
17. ... And Some Other Women of the French Group 124
18. The British Group
19. Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother 129
20. Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled 138
21. Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science 145
22. Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy 152
23. ... And Some Other Women of the British Group 156
24. The Austro-German Group
25. Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist 163
26. Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes 192
27. Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars" 196
28. Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity 205
29. Elizabeth Rona: The Polonium Woman 209
30. Ida Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission 217
31. ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group 226
32. Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation 229
33. Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940) 235
34. Contributors 237
35. Notes 239
36. Index 303