the Archives départementales du Bas-Rhin (Departmental archives of the Bas-Rhin). Publications "Sur un élément 87, dérivé de l'actinium," Comptes-rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, 208: 97 (1939). "Francium: élément 87," Bulletin de la Société chimique de France, 18: 779 (1951). "On the Descendants of Actinium K: 87Ac223," Journal de Physique et le Radium, 17: 545 (1956). Positions 1929–34: Personal assistant (preparateur) to Marie Curie, Institut du Radium. 1934–46: Radiochemist, Institut du Radium. 1946–49: Maitre de Recherches, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut du Radium. 1949: Professeur titulaire de la Chaire de Chimie Nucleaire, Universite de Strasbourg. 1950–63: Member of the Atomic Weights Commission Education Diplôme d'État de chimiste, École d'enseignement technique féminine, 1929 Doctorat des Sciences, Sorbonne, 1946 Honors Perey was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1962, making her the first woman elected to the Institut de France. Although a significant step, her election as a "corresponding member" rather than a full member came with limited privileges. The French Academy of Science Wilde Prize (1950) The French Academy of Science Le Conte Prize (1960) The City of Paris Science Grand Prize (1960) Officier of the Légion d'Honneur (1960) Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris (1960) Elected correspondante of the Académie des Sciences (Paris, 1962). First woman to be elected to the Académie since its founding in 1666. Lavoisier Prize of the Académie des Sciences (1964) Silver Medal of the Société Chimique de France (1964) Commandeur of the Ordre National du Mérite (1974) See also Timeline of women in science References Further reading 1909 births 1975 deaths University of Paris alumni French physicists Discoverers of chemical elements Members of the French Academy of Sciences Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Deaths from cancer in France 20th-century French women scientists