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Maria Curie
Marie Curie - A Woman of Firsts
Marie Sklodowska Curie, the chemist and physicist famous for her
pioneering work on radioactivity, was the first person awarded two
Nobel Prizes (for chemistry and physics); the first female professor at
the Sorbonne; and the first woman to be entombed in the Paris
Panthéon for herself.
Marie Curie was born Maria Salomea
Sklodowska on November 7, 1867.

She was born in Warsaw, Poland, which was

then under Russian rule.

● Her work focused on radioactivity, which is a property of

some chemical elements. (Radioactive elements give off

unending rays of energy.)

 In 1891 Maria entered the Sorbonne University in
Paris.

Within three years, Marie completed degrees in

physics and math.

In 1896 a French scientist named Henri Becquerel

discovered the unusual rays of energy given off by the
element uranium. Marie began studying the
phenomenon, which she named radioactivity. In 1898
the Curies announced their discovery of radium and
polonium. They named polonium after Marie’s
homeland of Poland. In 1903 the Curies shared the
Nobel Prize for Physics with Becquerel.

After Pierre died in 1906, Marie carried on their

research. She also became the first woman
professor at the Sorbonne. In 1911 she won the
Nobel Prize for Chemistry for isolating pure radium.
 During World War I, Marie helped to build
a car that carried X-ray equipment to
doctors treating wounded soldiers. After
the war,

Marie continued her study of radioactive

substances and their use in medicine.

Her Radium Institute in Paris became an

important center of scientific research.

After the war, Marie continued her

study of radioactive substances and
their use in medicine. Her Radium
Institute in Paris became an important
center of scientific research.

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