Irène fought through her struggles to try and push her own personal interests . She was passionate in the feminist movement especially for sciences , also always pushed for peace . She continuously applied for the Academy of Sciences , a elite scientific organization , knowingly that she would be denied . She did so to draw attention to the fact they did accept women in the organization . Irène was also involved in many speaking functions such as International Women 's day conference . She also played a big role for the French contingent at the World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace , which pushed for the World Peace movement . In 1948 , during a strike involving coal miners , Joliot-Curie reached out to Paris Newsletters to convince families to temporarily adopt the children of the coal miners during the strike . The Joliot-Curie 's adopted two girls during that time
World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace
World Congress of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace
Irène Joliot-Curie