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Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie

She was a chemist.

She was born November 7, 1867, she died on July 4, 1934.

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When she was ten, She had lost her mother and her sister, and her father lost his own job because he supported Polish nationalism.

When Marie was little she was starting to love learning, she also knew how to read early.

She made a groundbreaking discovery of radium, a discovery of polonium, and she won two Nobel Prizes.

In her later years she continued her research and became a head Radium Institute, and she also made a war effort by developing.

Marie

Strong, smart, and kind

Wife of Pierre Curie, mother of 2 children

Who loved science, her family, and adventure

Who withstood heartbreak, devastation, and helped people

Who feared having no recognition for her work, feared the dangers of radiation, and feared losing her husband and children

Who discovered radium, discovered polonium, and was the first woman to receive a degree in being a doctor of science.

Who wished to see more understanding of radioactivity, wished to see radium out of the way, and wished to see radioactive medical treatment

Born in Poland and lived in Paris

Curie