Marie Curie
Marie Curie was born youngest of five children in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867. She was well-taught by both her mother, Bronsilawa, a teacher, and her father, Wladyslaw, a professor of mathematics and physics. Marie continued her study of mathematical sciences at the University of Paris in 1891. While working in distinguished laboratory of Gabriel Lippman, she met her husband Pierre Curie."Their marriage (July 25, 1895) marked the start of a partnership that was soon to achieve results of world significance, in particular the discovery of polonium in the summer of 1898 and that of radium a few months later." (Science in Poland). The discovery of the source of radioactivity as well as these highly radioactive elements won the Curies the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics (Marie Curie) and Marie her doctorate of science (Sci
Pierre, weakened by his overexposure to radiation, died when he was hit by a car in 1906. Although this was a devastating blow to Marie, it was the turning point in her career. She dedicated all her time and energy to the scientific cause they had taken on together and was determined to complete it alone. In 1921, Marie Curie ventured to the United States where President Warren G. Harding greeted her. He presented her with a gram of radium bought with the proceeds from a collection taken up by American women honoring her (Science in Poland). She gave lectures in different parts of the world and was made a member of the International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation by the Council of the League of Nations.
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