Interesting Facts
• Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867
• Left for Paris to study at Sorbonne (a famous university)
• Married Pierre Curie, a fellow scientist, in 1895
• Became Professor of General Physics in the Faculty of Sciences- the first time a woman held this position
• Appointed Director of the Curie Laboratory of the University of Paris
• Member of the Conseil du Physique from 1911 to her death
• Author of Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives, L'Isotopie et les Éléments Isotopes, and Traité de Radioactivité
• In 1929, President Hoover presented her with $50,000 to get radium to use in her laboratory
• Died in Savoy, France in 1934, from too much exposion to radiation
• Left for Paris to study at Sorbonne (a famous university)
• Married Pierre Curie, a fellow scientist, in 1895
• Became Professor of General Physics in the Faculty of Sciences- the first time a woman held this position
• Appointed Director of the Curie Laboratory of the University of Paris
• Member of the Conseil du Physique from 1911 to her death
• Author of Recherches sur les Substances Radioactives, L'Isotopie et les Éléments Isotopes, and Traité de Radioactivité
• In 1929, President Hoover presented her with $50,000 to get radium to use in her laboratory
• Died in Savoy, France in 1934, from too much exposion to radiation