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She was born as Marie Sklodowska in the city of Warsaw in Poland
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Marie Graduates at the top of her class
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her mother Bronisława Skłodowska passes away. Her family home is turned into a boarding home
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As the University of Warsaw did not accept women.
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Marie was awarded the Alexandrovitch Scholarship (international polish student scholarship)
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Marie becomes the first woman to ever earn a physics degree from the french Sorbonne University.
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Marie takes Pierres last name
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Marie introduced the term radioactivity in one of her published articles, whilst also Pierre and Marie Curie have announced their discovery of polonium.
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Marie Curie along with the likes of Pierre Curie, and Gustave Bemont announce their discovery of radium
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Both Marie and Piere announced their joint success in the extraction of purified radium.
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Marie Curie, In her joint work with the likes of Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie, were announced as the winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics due to their group discoveries and also contributions to their discoveries and research on the understanding of the "radiation phenomena"
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Marie Curie had achieved a promotion in the becoming of the chief assistant to Pierre Curie in his laboratory
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Pierre tragically passed away after being trampled over by a horse drawn cart. Marie replaced his position as a teacher and professor at Sorbonne University. Marie was also the first female professor at the university.
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Marie is awarded her second Nobel Prize, this time for chemistry in discovering radium and polonium, and also isolating radium. She was the first-ever person to win Two Nobel Prizes, whilst also achieving them in two different fields (chemistry and Physics)
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Her use of X-rays provided doctors with the ability to discover any shrapnel or bullets in wounded individuals.
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Marie begins operating a radiology service and introduces radon therapy to the French people.
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Marie becomes a member of the Academy of medicine in France. She now devotes herself to using her knowledge to help people.
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Marie and her sister opened a research facility in the fight against cancer. It is still in operation today and is known as the Marie Sklodowska Curie Oncology Center.
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Marie passes away due to an aplastic anemia at the age of 66
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Marie Curie is now reburied in the Pantheon, (of which is France’s national mausoleum), becoming the first women to ever have been accorded that honor on her own merit.