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Marie Curie

Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867 and became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. She moved to Paris to continue her scientific studies and worked with her husband Pierre Curie. Together they discovered the radioactive elements polonium and radium, earning Marie a second Nobel Prize, making her the first person to receive Nobel Prizes in two different fields. Marie continued her scientific work and established a radiology laboratory, inspiring many women scientists.

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Marie Curie

Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867 and became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. She moved to Paris to continue her scientific studies and worked with her husband Pierre Curie. Together they discovered the radioactive elements polonium and radium, earning Marie a second Nobel Prize, making her the first person to receive Nobel Prizes in two different fields. Marie continued her scientific work and established a radiology laboratory, inspiring many women scientists.

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Marie Curie

The Polish-French Scientist

By: Bella Pedranti and Christopher Darling


About Marie curie and her early life

Marie Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7th, 1867. In her
early life, she received general education from local schools and
received scientific training from her father. In late 1890s she
escaped Poland and moved to Paris to continue her studies at the
Sorbonne where she obtained Licenciateships in Physics and the
Mathematical Sciences. She worked side by side with her husband
Pierre Curie who tragically died in 1906 due to illness. Marie and
Pierre Curie together had a child named Irene, who assisted Marie
during WW1 to help alleviate suffering to injured soldiers. Irene
devoted herself to this remedial work. She retained her enthusiasm
for science throughout her life and did much to establish a
radioactivity laboratory in her native city
Family
● Irene Joliot Curie was a reunited with her mother who was
running the twenty mobile field hospitals that she had
established.
● Eve Curie was the only member of her family who did not
choose a career as a scientist and did not win a nobel
prize, although she worked as a journalist and authored
her mother’s biography madame Curie and a book of war
reportage,Journey Among Warriors.
Childhood
As a child Curie took after her father, Wladyslaw, a math
and physics instructor. She had a bright and curious mind
and excelled at school. She was able to read and write
early, thanks to her parents being teachers. When Marie was
10, her oldest sister died, and then 2 years later, her
mother died. This made for a difficult time for Marie. Marie
and her sister made a pact to help each other get into
college, then when her sister graduated, she’d help Marie
pay to go.
Famous For
● Curie developed methods for the separation of radium from
radioactive residues in sufficient quantities to allow
for its characterization and the careful study of its
properties, therapeutic properties in particular.

● The discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel in 1896


inspired the Curies in their brilliant researches and
analyses which led to the isolation of polonium, named
after the country of Marie’s birth, and radium.
Effects on Society
● “Marie Curie’s legacy still inspires women to achieve
“firsts”.”
Accomplishments
● DISCOVERY OF RADIUM AND POLONIUM
● FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE A NOBEL PRIZE
● FIRST SCIENTIST TO EARN 2 NOBEL PRIZES
● FIRST PERSON TO RECEIVE 2 NOBEL PRIZES IN TWO DIFFERENT
FIELDS (PHYSICS and CHEMISTRY)
● DEVELOPMENT OF X-RAYS
Comparing Antigone to Marie Curie
They both defied the role of women of their times. They both
fought for what they believed in.
Resources

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/b
iographical/

https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/Horizons/2011/1107/Mari
e-Curie-How-she-changed-the-world

https://mariecuriepd7.weebly.com/

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