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Maria Skłodowska-Curie

Fun facts

MY FAVORITE QUOTES "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood [...]." "I won't take any salary. I'm young enough to work for myself and my children."

Science

Biography

Sources

Woman

SOURCES:

https://kobieta.onet.pl/maria-sklodowska-curie-jest-najbardziej-wplywowa-kobieta-w-histori-byla-genialna-a-to/d10fgg2; https://www.europeana.eu/pl/exhibitions/pioneers/maria-sklodowska-curie; http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/baztech/element/bwmeta1.element.baztech-cebbda61-9df2-4f83-ac14-3aec77ad0f85; https://ciekawostki.online/ciekawostki/350/o-marii-sklodowskiej-curie/; https://www.wysokieobcasy.pl/wysokie-obcasy/7,115167,21401504,tego-na-pewno-nie-wiedzieliscie-o-marii-sklodowskiej-curie.html

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Womanhood; why is she a "strong woman"?

  • The first woman to win a Nobel prize;
  • Had to study clandestinely because she was a woman;
  • One of the first women to have a driving licence;
  • Kept her surname;
  • First female teacher at the Sorbonne;
  • Controversy regarding having a lover after her husband's death;
  • Only woman to rest at the Parisian Pantheon.

Some interesting facts about her

  • Friendship with numerous famous people, like Albert Einstein or Herbert Hoover;
  • The only person (as for now) to have won two Nobel prizes;
  • Spoke five languages (Polish, French, English, Russian, German);
  • Learned to read at the age of 4;
  • Contribution to the French war effort in WW1 - formation of radiologists;
  • Honorary citizen of Warsaw and Glasgow;
  • Never gave up on her Polish heritage.

Biography; the story of her life

  • 1867, Warsaw, Russian-occupied Poland;
  • Parents - teachers of gentry descent, engaged in patriotic activities;
  • 1891, moves to France to continue her studies;
  • 1896, marries french physician Pierre Curie;
  • 1898, discovery of Polonium and Radium;
  • 1903, Nobel prize victory;
  • 1906, her husband dies;
  • 1911, second Nobel prize victory;
  • 1934, death in Passy due to radiation exposal.

Scientific Contributions

  • Discovery of Radium (Ra);
  • Discovery of Polonium (Po);
  • Discovery of radiation;
  • Invention of radiation therapy;
  • Invention of X-Ray machines.