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Doctors always say that the witching hour is from 3-5 am in the E.R., and a correct diagnosis is imperative to save lives. There are many cases that the extent of the problem is uncertain and requires more than the human eye can see or a doctor can assess. Therefore, a doctor is unable to adequately treat the complaint or symptoms without further knowledge from the use of technology. X-rays and MRIs are heavily relied on to provide more information to identify and help correctly diagnose the illness. Without the technology of X-rays and MRIs, a delay would be seen by all, which would be life or death of a person. “The emergency room of the future will provide diagnostic information in milliseconds,” says Robert Parkey, a radiologist in Dallas. “But there’ll always be a need for X-rays.” ("X-Ray Stories." Discover Magazine.). All of the life-saving machines originated from one woman's aspiring research, Marie Curie. Through this detailed and extensive piece of history, her research has brought many ideas for inventions to life, saving many lives in the process. By making significant discoveries and making progress for women in the field, Marie Curie revolutionized the world of science forever. Consequently, her lasting contributions to this field are still saving lives every day.

After instituting an interest in science, Curie worked hard to be a figure in a well-respected field. In the early years of her career, Curie established a great interest in radioactivity, a new subset in science, at the time. Rooting further in her curiosity, she continued on the path of this topic of research and made a career out of it. In the beginning, Curie began working with Pierre Curie in 1894, in a small lab where she spent eight hours a day on ...

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...hs, but Curie didn't let the struggle of childbirth hold her back from continuing her work. Thus, she accumulated her determination from her own personal experience. A few years later in 1903, Pierre convinced the Nobel Prize nominating committee to add Marie to the candidates list In 1906 another adversary faced Curie, later noted in an article by Notable Women Scientists, her educational struggle is revealed. "Upon acceptance, she became the first woman to ever receive a post higher education in France, although she was not named to a full professorship for two more years..." (qtd. in "Marie Curie." Notable Women Scientists. 3). Her acceptance shows a growth in the acceptance of women's place in science, but she was held back educationally by them retaining the full title for the two years, but during that time she never gave up hope nor deterred from her work.