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		asnyder on May 13, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lies We Tell Kids "However, it is also almost certainly true that she was taught because she was female" This is actually not the case. In fact, she was repeatedly denied entry into universities and had to fight especially hard for any education or appointments that she recieved.

mechanical_fish on May 13, 2008 [–]

At first, I also misread this sentence in the way that you have. :)

What the sentence means to say is "It is also almost certainly true that students were taught about Curie because she was female."

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