Maria Sklodowska Biography

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On November 7, 1867, Maria Sklodowska was born in Warsaw in Soviet Poland to Wladyslaw and Bronislawa Sklowdowski. Maria, called Manya by friends and family, was the youngest of her four siblings. Her siblings, Sophie, the oldest; Joseph, the only boy; Bronislawa, named for her mother; and Helena, all also had nicknames. Respectively, they were Zosia, Bronya, and Hela. Wladyslaw, a multilingual math and physics teacher, and Bronislawa the director of a private girls’ school. The Sklowdoskis believed strongly in education and encouraged their children to start learning as early as possible. However, the whole family was surprised when Manya started reading full sentences from a book at age four. From then on, Manya had a passion for learning that was only encouraged by her family, though her siblings did make fun of her.
Around the same time, Wladyslaw lost his job for not being pro-Russian enough and often clashing with his superiors; the family moved to an apartment, still in Warsaw, and took in boarders to pay the bills. The following year, Manya’s mother caught tuberculosis from...

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