When I read the article “Women in Science: The denied
Nobel Prize of Lise Meitner”, there was a line that really called my attention
and I couldn’t avoid reflecting on one idea and then, comparing it with another
situation portrayed in the popular American movie, Mona Lisa Smile.
Thinking of the fact that some time ago, educational
opportunities were reduced to provide an encouragement to women to become a
good wife and mother, it’s deplorable. I’m not pretending to play the role as
the women’s defender here --I swear-- it’s just that I believe that we, as a
society, don’t have anything to feel proud of with this particular issue in our
history, don’t you think?
I’ve always believed in the equality of rights for men
and women in all aspects and I do believe one must fight for something when the
adversity is our enemy, ignoring any kind of prejudice or criticism. From this
point, based on Lise Meitner’s case, a woman who decided that the study of physics
would be her way in life, when women were not
admitted to Universities --I think she must have believed in the same idea.
The same must have happened with Katherine Watson (performed
by Julia Roberts in the movie), a teacher of Art History at Wellesley College,
whose ideals of women’s role in society at that point were controversial, given
the fact that she refused the idea of marriage as the only objective in every
woman’s life.
Regarding both examples, from Science to Arts, we
could conclude that these are two truly fearless women, do you agree?
