Creator: Stokley, James 1900-1990 Subject: Joliot-Curie, Irène 1897-1956 Stokley, James 1900-1990 University of Pennsylvania Type: Black-and-white photographs Date: 1921 Topic: Physics Women scientists Nobel Prizes Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4488] Summary: Physicist Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) is shown in full academic regalia on May 23, 1921, when she accepted an honorary degree at the University of Pennsylvania on behalf of her mother Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934). Accompanied by her daughters Irène and Eve, Marie Curie had an exhausting schedule of appearances during her 1921 U.S. tour, accepting awards and a gift of radium for her research, arranged by various women's associations and scientific groups. The photographer, James Stokley, was teaching school in Philadelphia and in 1925 became a science journalist on the Science Service staff Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!287598~!0#focus Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.