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Marie was born in Poland.
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Marie went to Paris to study at Sorbonne.
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Marie married Pierre Curie, which was when her name became Marie Curie.
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Marie's first daughter, Irene, is born.
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Marie was hired to do some experiments. While working on them she discovered pure radium.
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Marie and her husband, Pierre, were awarded a Nobel Prize for their work with radioactivity.
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Marie was promoted to the chief assistant to her husband in his laboratory.
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Pierre began teaching at Sorbonne.
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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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Marie won her second Nobel Prize, this time on her own, for her continued work in radioactivity.
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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 became a member of the French Academy of Medicine. She devoted herself to using her knowledge to help people.
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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 got sick and died shortly after, but she will never be forgotten. Her work helped advance the medical world and save thousands of lives.