Marie Curie
Middle Life
Later Life
Achievements and Awards
Impact on Society
Marie Salomea Skłodowska moved to Paris to study at Sorbonne in 1891where she obtained Licentiateships in Physics and the Mathematical Sciences.
She met Pierre Curie, Professor in the School of Physics in 1894 and in the year of 1895 they were married
In 1897 she became a mother and had her first child Irene. Then later in 1904 she had her second daughter Eve.
In 1902 Marie worked with radium. She was asked to work on experiments and while working on those, she made the discovery of pure radium.
In 1903 Marie and her husband won a Nobel Prize. Marie and her husband Pierre were awarded it for their work with radioactivity.
Marie succeeded her husband as Head of the Physics Laboratory at the Sorbonne, gained her Doctor of Science degree in 1903
Marie was also appointed Director of the Curie Laboratory in the Radium Institute of the University of Paris, founded in 1914.
In 1906 Marie became widowed. Marie's husband Pierre, was killed in an accident.
Became the first woman professor at Sorbonne after taking her husbands place in 1906
In 1911 Marie won another Nobel Prize. Marie won her second Nobel Prize, this time on her own, for her continued work in radioactivity.
In 1914, during WWI, Marie used her radioactive research materials to do "x-rays". The x-rays found bullets and other shrapnel in wounded soldiers.
In 1922, Marie became a member of the French Academy of Medicine. She devoted herself to using her knowledge to help people.
In 1929, Marie Curie visited America and was honored everywhere she went, and was given a gram of radium as a gift.
In 1932, Marie and her sister started a research facility to help fight cancer. It is still open today and is called the Marie Sklodowska Curie Oncology Center.
In 1929, Marie Curie visited America and was honored everywhere she went, and was given a gram of radium as a gift.
On July 4,1934, at the Sancellemoz Sanatorium in Passy, France at the age of 66, Marie Curie died. The cause of her death was given as aplastic pernicious anemia, a condition she developed after years of exposure to radiation through her work.
In 1995 Marie Curie’s ashes were enshrined in the Panthéon in Paris
One of Marie Curie’s outstanding achievements was to have understood the need to accumulate intense radioactive sources, not only to treat illness but also to maintain an abundant supply for research in nuclear physics
She was made a member of the International Commission on Intellectual Co-operation by the Council of the League of Nations.
She was the first woman to receive this honor for her own achievements. Her office and laboratory in the Curie Pavilion of the Radium Institute are preserved as the Curie Museum.