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Once upon a time there was a widow. Her husband was brilliant, world renowned in his field. He had chosen her because he thought the blue-eyed blond beauty was even more brilliant than he was and they worked side by side to accomplish extraordinary things, even though publicly, he received much of the credit. After his tragic, sudden death she was left to raise their two children and also to continue his work, even taking over his professional position, traveling and appearing at conferences. During this time the tide of public opinion turned against her. Considered throughly unlikable she was met with media slander and mob attacks, blamed for her work being the cause of her husband's death, accused of being a Jew and told to go home. Instead she poured her energies into doing more good than ever before, including in the lives of her two children who went on to become famously accomplished themselves.
Her name was Marie Curie.
Had she stayed home after her husband's death she wouldn't have won a second Nobel Peace Prize, nor developed mobile radiology units (Petite Curies) during WW1 which saw over a million soldiers saving hundreds of thousands lives and needless amputations, nor would she have established 2 international scientific research centers responsible for making huge strides in nuclear physics, medical research, and the treatment of cancer. Her two daughters followed in her footsteps, one going on to win a Nobel Peace Prize and the other achieving great success in journalism and diplomacy.
Not all women are called to be widows like Marie Curie. But when they are, there is no more obvious fool in the world than those who seek to persecute them.
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