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Marie Curie is Born
Marie Curie, initially Maria Salomea Skłodowska, was born in Warsaw, Poland. She had 4 sibllings and teachers as parents. -
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Secondary School Graduate
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. -
Marie Changes Location
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. -
The Beginning of Marie Curie
Curie was hired to discover why rays emitted from some objects. Rays being X-Rays. -
Disocvery of Radium and Polonium
She discovers two new elements in the periodic table with the help of her husband. -
College Graduation
Marie earned her degree and became the first women in France to receive a doctoral -
Nobel Prize Awards
Pierre Curie was awarded a Nobel Prize for dicovering the two new elements but insisted Marie Curie deserved one as well so she did. -
1906
Marie takes over Pierres job at Sorbonne University due to him passing away. She becomes the first female professor there. -
Nobel Prize Award
Another Nobel Prize is obtaine due to being able to isolate pure radium -
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World War I
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 -
Death
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.