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Marie CurieMaria Salomee Sklodowska Born November 7th 1867

Marie Sklodowska (name before she got married) was born on November 7th in Warsaw, Poland. At the time, Russia ruled that part of the country. She was the youngest of five children- three older sisters and one older brother with a mother and a father. Marie was just four years old when her sisters taught her the alphabet and learned how to read.

Maries FamilyMarie had an interesting father. He was a professor. Maries family was always moving place to place, house to hotel. Once, they had to share a room with ten other boys!

Maries MotherWhen Marie was ten years old, her poor mother became very sick. She had a disease called tuberculosis, and back then there was no medicine for the disease. Maries mother died.

Intelligent MarieEven though her mother died, life continued. At age 16, Marie won a gold medal on for being such a great student at her high school Russian lycee. Her father knew how hard she worked and rewarded her by visiting their cousins out in the country. Marie was pleased.

Working For MoneyWhen Marie returned back to her home in Warsaw, she was determine to continue her studies. Unfortunately, Maries father had lost lots of money to a bad investment. How would 18 year old Marie get enough money to go to college? Her sister, also wanting to go to college, worked out a plan. They did private tutoring sessions. Still with not enough money, her sister became a doctor to get money for Marie and Marie promised she would soon return the favor which she did.

Marie The Governess Marie became a Governess to a family way out in the country. While she was out there, Marie also had the opportunity to help other peasant children who didnt have enough money to go to school to learn to read and write.

In LoveWhile Marie was working as a Governess, she fell in love with the employers son. Unfortunately, his parents didnt think her family was rich enough. Crossed, Marie decided to move to Paris and live with her sister.

Marie In ParisWhen she went to live with her sister, she began her studies again. Before she went to Paris, her real name was actually Manya, and thats what all family and friends called her. In France, she change her name into her French name, Marie. She went to a university called Sorbonne, where she studied mathematics and physics. In college she barely had any food and lived in a cold apartment. But when Marie graduated, she had the highest grades and got her master degree in physics. She was rewarded a scholarship and studied more in mathematics. She later received a doctorate in physics.

Maries HusbandIn Paris, she met Pierre Curie. They married in 1895. From then on, she was called Marie Curie. For their honeymoon, Marie bought two bicycles for her and Pierre with the money her cousin gave her for a wedding present.

A New DiscoveryMarie and Pierre each were good at physics. Together, they discovered two new radio elements. One of the elements she name polonium in honor of Poland and the other she named radium. Each Marie and Pierre worked for four years to prove there was such thing as the two elements they discovered. Some of the important chemicals they used were pitchblende (a mixture of mineral uraninte) and uranium ore (uranium is heavy silvery white radioactive element used to help radios and used in weapons.) Uranium ore is hard to get, but that didnt stop Marie from getting her goal. She got permission from the Australian Government to use their uranium ore. All the government had to do was pay for shipping.

Nobel Prize AwardIn 1903, Pierre, Marie, and Henry Becquerel each received the Nobel prize award for their discovery of radioactivity. Marie used the money to help her family and friends. Marie didnt stop there! In 1911, she was rewarded for a second time the Nobel Prize for her and Pierres discovery of the two radio elements, polonium and radium.

The Curies FamilyThe Curies had two daughter- Irene and Eve. They loved their kids very much. Pierre was got a job as a professor at Sorbonne. With a nice husband and wonderful kids, what could go wrong?

Poor PierreLots of things went wrong. Poor Pierre stepped in front of a horse-drawn wagon and was killed. Marie was in tears. Pierre has always been their for her, and she couldnt imagine it any other way. Pierres dad came to help raise the daughter, but unfortunately died four years later leaving Marie alone with the rest of her family.

The First World WarDuring the first World War, Marie wanted to help. She decided the best way to serve would be designing an x-ray that could move like a car to the battlefields hospitals. Bullets and shrapnel (shrapnel means pieces of the bullets that were inside the wounded soldier) could be located in this high-tech x-ray to help the doctor cured the patient. Maries daughter, Irene, who was seventeen years olds at the time helped her mother by becoming a nurse and helping her on the battlefield. Marie trained 150 women to become x-rays technicians.

Maries MoneyIn 1923, the government gave her a pension that paid 40,000 francs a year! They gave it to her to show Marie they respected her work she did in France. Marie was pleased.

Maries DeathOn July 4th, 1934, Marie became ill and died from all her times working with the radium. Today, doctors figured out she actually died from a cancer we know as leukemia. After Maries death, though, Irene and her husband Fredrick Joilot receive a Nobel prize award in their research they did in atomics'. Irene followed her mothers footsteps and became a great scientist.

Maria Salomee Curie1867-1923

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