Marie Curie Mobbed in Paris: Crowd Demanded the "Dirty Foreigner" Leave France

In autumn 1911, an enraged mob gathered outside a villa in Sceaux near Paris, hurling abuse at Marie Skłodowska-Curie and demanding she leave France. The two-time Nobel laureate cowered inside, targeted as a "dirty foreigner." The incident reveals the depth of xenophobia the Polish scientist faced in France at the time.