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Contents Who Was Marie Curie What Was Marie Curie’s Upbringing Like What Was Marie Curie’s Research About What Was Marie Curie’s Life Like After Winning the Nobel Prize What Difficulties Did Marie Curie Face in 1911 and 1912 What Did Marie Curie Do During World War I What Did Marie Curie Do After World War I What Happened in the Last Years of Marie Curie’s Life What Was Marie Curie’s Legacy Timeline Glossary Find Out More Index
Who Was Marie Curie Marie Curie was a scientist Along with her husband Pierre she discovered two new radioactive elements polonium and radium Curie was also responsible for seeing that there was a possible use for radium in treating cancer A life of firsts The Nobel Prize is a highly respected scientific award that is presented each year Marie Curie became the first person to win two Nobel Prizes What made this even more impressive is that her prizes were won in different subjects the first in physics and the second in chemistry Marie Curie later became the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne a well-known university in Paris France In 1995 she became the first woman to be buried at the Panthéon in Paris a building in which usually only important French men were buried Not an easy life Marie Curie’s life was a struggle at times It began in poverty in Poland and money or lack of it was a problem for much of her life Another major problem for Curie was the fact that she was a woman In the late 19th and early 20th centuries higher education in many countries was
