Marie Curie
Founder of Radium and Polonium
Born: November 7th 1867 Died: July 4th 1934
Early Life
Born Marya Sklodowska, the fifth and youngest child of Bronsitwa Boguska, a pianist, singer, and teacher, and Ladislas Sklodowski, a professor of mathematics and physics. Bronsitwa Sklodowska, Marie's mother, died of tuberculosis when Marya was not yet eleven, leaving Ladislas Sklodowski as his daughter's main role model.
As a child, Marie, would study with her thumbs in her ears and her head resting in her hands to block out noise and keep focus. Her sisters thought that was ridiculous, so to mess with her they stacked up chairs on top of each other, one after another. Oblivious Marie kept focus on her homework, when she finished she was so frightened and furious! She screamed and cryed over what happpened. But her sisters just laughed and laughed!
Marie, in Poland, was not allowed to further her education, so she took part in the private, illegal "Floating University" this was because women in Poland were not allowed to further their education after High school
Finally, in November, 1891, Marya left Poland and registered at the Sorbonne under the French version of her first name, "Marie."
Getting involved
Choices & Results
They decided not to patent their work because they wanted to share the accomplishment and not have profit.
In her words
Radium Aftermath
Words for her
~Bronisława Dłuska
Legacy
Annotated Bibliography
A Honeymoon Glimpse of Marie and Pierre Curie."
Gale World History in Context
. Detroit: Gale, 2012.
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Gale Document Number:
GALE|MOYOOX013328635
"Marie Curie in Her Laboratory."
History of Modern Science and Mathematics
. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.
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. Web. 4 May 2016.
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Gale Document Number:
GALE|CV2210064103
"Marie Curie."
Science and Its Times
. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 5: 1800 to 1899. Detroit: Gale, 2000.
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. Web. 4 May 2016.
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Gale Document Number:
GALE|PC3408587397
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Marie Curie in her laboratory. Undated photograph."
Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire
. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006.
World History In Context
. Web. 4 May 2016.
URL
Gale Document Number:
GALE|PC3446987194
Marie Curie in her laboratory. Undated photograph."
Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire
. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006.
World History In Context
. Web. 4 May 2016.
Gale Document Number:
GALE|PC3446987194
Marie Curie in her laboratory. Undated photograph."
Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire
. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006.
World History In Context
. Web. 4 May 2016.
URL
Gale Document Number:
GALE|PC365228951
Marie Curie in her laboratory. Undated photograph."
Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire
. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006.
World History In Context
. Web. 4 May 2016.
URL
Gale Document Number:
GALE|PC344674563
(MLA 7
th
Edition)
Marie Curie in her laboratory. Undated photograph."
Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire
. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006.
World History In Context
. Web. 4 May 2016.
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Gale Document Number:
GALE|PC3446987194
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With the success of Marie Curie, more women were being urged to pursue a career in the sciences."
American Decades Primary Sources
. Ed. Cynthia Rose. Vol. 3: 1920-1929. Detroit: Gale, 2004.
Gale Biography In Context
. Web. 4 May 2016.
URL
Gale Document Number:
GALE|PC3490287655
Marie Curie in Her Laboratory."
History of Modern Science and Mathematics
. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.
PowerSearch
. Web. 4 May 2016.
URL
Gale Document Number:
GALE|CV2210064103
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