Harriet Brooks, We Love You...

We cannot see moon during day time..Due to the glory of the shining sun we even forget the presence of moon..The most elegent woman in the history of physical science is , of course, Marie curie.. But I think, due to the glory of this shining personality we sometimes forget about other talented women.Harriet Brooks is one among them.Rutherford , father of nuclear physics, regarded Harriet Brooks as the most outstanding woman in radioactivity after Marie Curie. Getting such a comment from Rutherford is really great...But What a Pity!! Scientific world did'nt appreciated her properly. Contribution of Brooks to the nuclear science includes the discovery of radon. Brooks was the first person who identified the transmutation of one radioactive element to other. Brooks is the discoverer atomic recoil. Atomic recoil, transmutation etc are the fundamental concepts in nuclear science. Still Brooks belong to the category of those unfortunate but talented people who did'nt get nobel prize..She deserves it.. She suffered a lot during her education and reserch period. She educated at a time where women is not expected to enter the universities. After getting graduation in mathematics and natural philosophy, she begun her research in nuclear science. She was forced to leave the field after her marriage. As i mentioned, there existed a patriarchal society and it was mandatory for women to resign from universities after marriage. There ends the bright era of Brooks. While comparing Brooks with Marie Curie, you want to bear in mind that Brooks stopped her research projects in a very young age..Dear Brooks, you are a great inspiration for all downtrodden women in the world. We love u ... In our heart and in our soul the place of Brooks is not behind Curie..