<story><title>The Life of Einstein&apos;s First Wife</title><url>https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-forgotten-life-of-einsteins-first-wife/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>DoreenMichele</author><text>I strongly disagree with the conclusion:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Why did Mileva remain silent? Being reserved and self-effaced, she did not seek honors or public attention.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;She was failed and denied a degree in spite of having better grades than Albert, probably solely because she was a woman. Albert was probably blocked from employment positions he wanted by the same professor that failed her, possibly because he was treating a woman like his equal.&lt;p&gt;This reads to me like they coped as best they could with a world that absolutely wouldn&amp;#x27;t accept a woman as a serious scientist and even with trying to be self effacing, etc, they both paid a high price -- such a high price, it likely destroyed their marriage.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Life of Einstein&apos;s First Wife</title><url>https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-forgotten-life-of-einsteins-first-wife/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dharma1</author><text>She is portrayed quite well in the recent National Geographic series about Einstein&amp;#x27;s life, &amp;quot;Genius&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Well worth watching. Mileva was a talented physicist and mathematician, contributed significantly to Einstein&amp;#x27;s early success, gave him three children and Albert dumped her for his cousin.</text></comment>