Madame+Curie



=Madame Curie=

Interesting Facts
She was the first woman to be professor of General Physics at The University of Paris At Birth in Poland, her name was Maria, not Marie. She married her professor at the University of Paris She moved to Paris because women were not allowed at the University of Warsaw She won 2 Nobel Prizes, 1911 and 1903 She was one of the first women scientists to achive great fame First Scientist to reconize the term " Radioactivity"

Known For
Marie Curie discovered the elements Radium and Polonium She was one of the pioneers of Radioactivity Probably most famous women scientist Improved X-rays Helped to create Artifitial Radioactivity

Career
University of Paris, Student, then Professor of General Physics Head of Labrotory at Paris University

Birth
November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland

Death
July 4, 1934