How did women first get a foot in the door of science? By whom? Explain.

With the help of Marie Curie, who did research on radioactivity, paved the way for future female scientists to become recognized in the field of science.

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i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.