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Marie Curie, initially Maria Salomea Skłodowska, was born in Warsaw, Poland. She had 4 sibllings and teachers as parents. -
Completing top of her class in secondary school she was then sent straight to work due to her fathers bad investments and to help pay her sisters tuition.
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After her sisters tution was paid off Curie left to Paris to study and ended up finding her husband, Pierre Curie, a scientist like her. -
Curie was hired to discover why rays emitted from some objects. Rays being X-Rays.
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She discovers two new elements in the periodic table with the help of her husband.
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Marie earned her degree and became the first women in France to receive a doctoral
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Pierre Curie was awarded a Nobel Prize for dicovering the two new elements but insisted Marie Curie deserved one as well so she did. -
Marie takes over Pierres job at Sorbonne University due to him passing away. She becomes the first female professor there. -
Another Nobel Prize is obtaine due to being able to isolate pure radium -
Marie Curie uses her technology of x-rays to help wounded soldiers. Her impact helped over 1 million people during this time. Even afterwards she continued to devote her time to her studies of X-rays and helping others
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Marie Curie passed away in Passy, France due to the belief of over-exposure to radiation. Her constant experiements with it and everyday life with no protection led others to believe she was radioactive.