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Marie Curie was born
Marie was born in Poland. -
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Marie moved to paris
Marie went to Paris to study at Sorbonne. -
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Marie gets married
Marie married Pierre Curie, which was when her name became Marie Curie. -
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Marie becomes a mother
Marie's first daughter, Irene, is born. -
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Marie works with radium
Marie was hired to do some experiments. While working on them she discovered pure radium. -
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Marie and her husband win a Nobel Prize
Marie and her husband, Pierre, were awarded a Nobel Prize for their work with radioactivity. -
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Marie moves up
Marie was promoted to the chief assistant to her husband in his laboratory. -
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Pierre becomes a teacher
Pierre began teaching at Sorbonne. -
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Marie is widowed
Marie's husband, Pierre, was killed in an accident. She took his place teaching at Sorbonne and was the first woman professor there. -
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Another Nobel Prize
Marie won her second Nobel Prize, this time on her own, for her continued work in radioactivity. -
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The x-ray is used in battle
During WWI, Marie used her radioactive research materials to do "x-rays". The x-rays found bullets and other shrapnel in wounded soldiers. -
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Marie devotes her life to medicine
Marie became a member of the French Academy of Medicine. She devoted herself to using her knowledge to help people. -
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She joins the fight against cancer
Marie and her sister started a research facility to help fight cancer. It is still opened today and is called the Marie Sklodowska Curie Oncology Center. -
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Marie Curie dies
Marie got sick and died shortly after, but she will never be forgotten. Her work helped advance the medical world and save thousands of lives.