Marie Curie Research Paper

Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867, in the town of Warsaw Poland. She was the youngest of 5 children. Her mother was the principal of an all-girl school and her father was a physics professor. However, after her father lost his job they had to live in a small rental apartment.

Unfortunately, she lost one of her sisters to typhus at age 9 and, two years later, lost her mother to tuberculosis. After all of this sadness in such a short period of time, she lost her faith in God and Christianity. Because education was very important to her family, she worked as a maid to allow her sister Bronislawa to receive a good education. She then, after many years, moved to Paris and attended Sorbonne University. She was the first woman to graduate

college in France. However, a doctorate and outstanding education were not the only things she walked away with. She also met the love of her life - Pierre Curie - at Sorbonne. They then got married on July 26, 1895, and had 2 daughters. Their names were Irene and Eve.
Women used to stay at home and take care of the family. However, because men were away at World War 1 many women were employed. Marie Curie's invention of radium grew to be a big fad and many women gained jobs to support their families because of it. Additionally, to aid the war effort, Marie made a mobile X-ray machine. With this new invention, soldiers could be diagnosed on the field and many lives were saved. Marie was inspired by a glow found in Uranium in 1896 by fellow scientist Henri Becquerel. Little did she know that her work was slowly killing her from the inside out. Many people died of radiation poisoning as a result of Marie’s work. Although this is terrible many inventions were based on these experiments. Some products that we use in our everyday lives stemmed from the discoveries of Polonium and Radium. These included X-rays, ways of effectively treating cancer patients, ways to develop photographs, remove static from clothes, or create atomic heat.

Marie Curie would never settle for anything less than perfection! She never gave up and broke down the many barriers between her and her successes. Marie will never be forgotten, and has been an inspiration for many women scientists today!