Duels of History — Season 1, Episode 2: Marie Curie vs Jeanne Langevin

Episode synopsis

How did Marie Curie's love affair with the married physicist Paul Langevin divide France? Jeanne Langevin, cheated on and humiliated by her husband with the world's most famous scientist, was determined to take revenge. She turned a personal story into a political battle, which would have consequences for the Nobel Prize winner's career.

About Duels of History

From Lucrezia Borgia to Malinche to Marie Curie: Women’s contributions have often been downplayed or misrepresented in the history books. Duels of History (re)tells their stories.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Malinche vs Moctezuma
• E3Rosa Luxembourg vs. Friedrich Ebert
• E4Angela Davis vs. Ronald Reagan
• E5Camille Claudel vs. Auguste Rodin
• E6Jiang Qing vs. Deng Xiaoping
• E7Lucrezia Borgia vs. Pope Alexander VI
• E8Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs
• E9Messalina vs. Agrippina
• E10Marie-Antoinette vs. Maximilien Robespierre