‘You should not even be allowed in our class. Showing off with that answer.’ He seethed, spit from his angry words spraying my one exposed cheek. He shoved me against the wall-my face smashed against it and away from his, so I could not identify him later-and held me down tightly. Was he in such a rush that he didn’t see me? (.) The man was over a foot taller than me.

(.) A man came behind me suddenly and pushed me down another more dimly lit hallway. Relieved and thrilled with my first day-where I ventured to answer the instructor’s question and got it correct-I floated out of my classroom. Sad, despite a law prohibiting Austro-Hungarian girls from attending high school, by applying successfully to the authorities for an exemption. I was 17, and I just left my first physics class at the all-male Royal Classical High School in Zagreb, where papa managed to get me admitted after my time in Novi. I shook my head slightly as a recollection took hold of me. “Why was it so hard for me to raise my hand? I’ve done it several times before, although not easily. Raising her hand could not be done without the fear of being hurt or threatened. In chapter 5 of The Other Einstein, the author shows how difficult it is for Miss Marić while going through school. The reader believes that Einstein is the cause of Marić’s failure to achieve success. However, the author takes the story of Marić and Einstein’s marriage and ensuing divorce down an unfortunate, sad path. In the beginning, he is very supportive of her. When Miss Marić meets Einstein, the author first floats the idea that he will solve all of Miss Marić’s problems. In Science, Miss Marić’s chosen field, she was the only female. All the schools she attended after elementary were primarily male. In college, her teachers were rather rude and embarrassed her in front of the class. While in high school, she is harassed and assaulted for speaking up in class. At the time, it was illegal for girls to go to high school in Croatia. Her father had to convince the government to let her into the boys only high school. However, she didn’t hide her intelligence. She is bullied in elementary school because of her limp. With education, Miss Marić faced an incredible amount of bias. Miss Marić was born in 1875 in Titel, Serbia.

She overcame tremendous odds in order to become a scientist, especially as a handicapped girl. She contributes to Einstein’s breakthrough 1905 paper on relativity, but places herself second to Einstein. Benedict claims that Miss Mileva is Einstein’s equal in the field of science. In the historical novel, The Other Einstein, the author, Marie Benedict, tells the story of Albert Einstein’s first wife, Mileva Marić Einstein.

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