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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Ponytail is looking | + | :[Ponytail is looking at a picture of Marie Curie.] |
:Ponytail: My teacher always told me that if I applied myself, I could become the next Marie Curie. | :Ponytail: My teacher always told me that if I applied myself, I could become the next Marie Curie. | ||
− | :Zombie Marie Curie (off- | + | :Zombie Marie Curie (off-screen): You know, I wish they'd get over me. |
− | :[Inserted | + | :[Inserted frame in the first panel with a close up of Ponytail who turns around.] |
:Ponytail: Zombie Marie Curie! | :Ponytail: Zombie Marie Curie! | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Zombie Marie Curie is walking towards Ponytail.] |
:Zombie Marie Curie: Not that I don't deserve it. These two Nobels ain't decorative. But I make a sorry role model if girls just see me over and over as the one token lady scientist. | :Zombie Marie Curie: Not that I don't deserve it. These two Nobels ain't decorative. But I make a sorry role model if girls just see me over and over as the one token lady scientist. | ||
− | :[Close up of Zombie Marie Curie | + | :[Close up of Zombie Marie Curie.] |
:Zombie Marie Curie: Lise Meitner figured out that nuclear fission was happening, while her colleague Otto was staring blankly at their data in confusion, and proved Enrico Fermi wrong in the process. Enrico and Otto both got Nobel Prizes. Lise got a National Women's Press Club award. | :Zombie Marie Curie: Lise Meitner figured out that nuclear fission was happening, while her colleague Otto was staring blankly at their data in confusion, and proved Enrico Fermi wrong in the process. Enrico and Otto both got Nobel Prizes. Lise got a National Women's Press Club award. | ||
:Zombie Marie Curie: They finally named an element after her, but not until 60 years later. | :Zombie Marie Curie: They finally named an element after her, but not until 60 years later. | ||
− | :[Zoom out to both Ponytail and Zombie Marie Curie | + | :[Zoom out to both Ponytail and Zombie Marie Curie.] |
:Zombie Marie Curie: Emmy Noether fought past her Victorian-era finishing-school upbringing, pursued mathematics by auditing classes, and, after finally getting a Ph.D, was permitted to teach only as an unpaid lecturer (often under male colleagues' names). | :Zombie Marie Curie: Emmy Noether fought past her Victorian-era finishing-school upbringing, pursued mathematics by auditing classes, and, after finally getting a Ph.D, was permitted to teach only as an unpaid lecturer (often under male colleagues' names). | ||
:Ponytail: Was she as good as them? | :Ponytail: Was she as good as them? |