Marie Curie

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  • Birth

    She was born as Marie Sklodowska in the city of Warsaw in Poland

  • Graduates from highschool

    Marie Graduates at the top of her class

  • Mother passed away

    her mother Bronisława Skłodowska passes away. Her family home is turned into a boarding home

  • Marie moves to Paris

    As the University of Warsaw did not accept women.

  • began secondary studies at Sorbonne uni

    Marie was awarded the Alexandrovitch Scholarship (international polish student scholarship)

  • Completes her 1st physics degree

    Marie becomes the first woman to ever earn a physics degree from the french Sorbonne University.

  • Marie completes her degrees in mathematical sciences and physics

  • Marie married Pierre Curie

    Marie takes Pierres last name

  • Gives birth to her first born, Irene Curie

  • introduced the term radioactivity+discovered polonium

    Marie introduced the term radioactivity in one of her published articles, whilst also Pierre and Marie Curie have announced their discovery of polonium.

  • Discovery of Radium

    Marie Curie along with the likes of Pierre Curie, and Gustave Bemont announce their discovery of radium

  • Purified Radium

    Both Marie and Piere announced their joint success in the extraction of purified radium.

  • First woman to win a nobel Prize

    Marie Curie, In her joint work with the likes of Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie, were announced as the winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics due to their group discoveries and also contributions to their discoveries and research on the understanding of the "radiation phenomena"

  • Marie is Promoted to chief lab assistant

    Marie Curie had achieved a promotion in the becoming of the chief assistant to Pierre Curie in his laboratory

  • Pierre Curie dies

    Pierre tragically passed away after being trampled over by a horse drawn cart. Marie replaced his position as a teacher and professor at Sorbonne University. Marie was also the first female professor at the university.

  • Wins Nobel prize for chemistry

    Marie is awarded her second Nobel Prize, this time for chemistry in discovering radium and polonium, and also isolating radium. She was the first-ever person to win Two Nobel Prizes, whilst also achieving them in two different fields (chemistry and Physics)

  • Maries research is used in WWI

    Her use of X-rays provided doctors with the ability to discover any shrapnel or bullets in wounded individuals.

  • Radiology services

    Marie begins operating a radiology service and introduces radon therapy to the French people.

  • Marie devotes her life to medicine

    Marie becomes a member of the Academy of medicine in France. She now devotes herself to using her knowledge to help people.

  • Research against Cancer

    Marie and her sister opened a research facility in the fight against cancer. It is still in operation today and is known as the Marie Sklodowska Curie Oncology Center.

  • Marie Curie dies

    Marie passes away due to an aplastic anemia at the age of 66

  • Her legacy is honoured

    Marie Curie is now reburied in the Pantheon, (of which is France’s national mausoleum), becoming the first women to ever have been accorded that honor on her own merit.