Editing Irène Joliot-Curie (section)

===Political views===
The Joliot-Curies had become increasingly aware of the growth of the fascist movement.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":0" /> They opposed its ideals and joined the [[French Section of the Workers' International|Socialist Party]] in 1934, the ''[[Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes]]'' a year later, and in 1936 they actively supported the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republican faction]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name=":6" /> In the same year, Joliot-Curie was appointed Undersecretary of State for Scientific Research by the French government, in which capacity she helped in founding the ''Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique''.<ref name=":6" />

Frédéric and Irène visited Moscow for the two hundred and twentieth anniversary of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences|Russian Academy of Science]] and returned sympathizing with Russian colleagues.  Frédéric's close connection with the [[French Communist Party|Communist Party]] caused Irène to later be detained on [[Ellis Island]] during her third trip to the US, coming to speak in support of Spanish refugees, at the [[Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee|Joint Antifascist Refugee Committee]]'s invitation.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191818978|title=A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity|date=1997|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation|isbn=978-0-7735-6658-3|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|oclc=191818978}}</ref>

The Joliot-Curies had continued Pierre and Marie's policy of publishing all of their work for the benefit of the global scientific community, but afraid of the danger that might result should it be developed for military use, they stopped: on 30 October 1939, they placed all of their documentation on nuclear fission in the vaults of the French Academy of Sciences, where it remained until 1949.<ref name=":6" />

Joliot-Curie's political career continued after the war and she became a commissioner in the ''Commissariat à l'énergie atomique''.<ref name=":6" /> However, she still found time for scientific work and in 1946 became director of her mother's ''[[Curie Institute (Paris)|Institut Curie]]''.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":0" />

Joliot-Curie became actively involved in promoting women's education, serving on the National Committee of the Union of French Women (''Comité National de l'Union des Femmes Françaises'') and the [[World Peace Council]]. The Joliot-Curies were given memberships to the French ''[[Légion d'honneur]]''; Irène as an officer and Frédéric as a commander, recognising his earlier work for the resistance.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":0" />