Marie Curie Presented by Sulima Olga Andreevna Whos

Marie Curie Presented by Sulima Olga Andreevna

Who’s the woman in the pictures?

Manya’s chilhood Marie Curie was born Maria Sklodowski in Warsaw, Poland in 1867. She was the youngest of five children. Her parents worked as teachers and they brought her up to love learning. Her mother died in 1877. Manya, as they called her, and her sisters had to get jobs.

A tutor for a family Manya became a tutor for a family. She enjoyed her time there and could send money to her father and her sister, Bronya, who was studying medicine in Paris.

At the Sorbonne When her sister got married, she invited Manya to live with them and study at the Sorbonne. It was then that she changed her name to Marie studied Physics and Maths and got her Master's degree in both subjects. When she graduated from university, she started research into magnetism.

Successful scientists It was at that time she met Pierre Curie, a young scientist. They fell in love immediately and got married. Marie moved to his house and they both started examining uranium and other elements to decide whether they were radioactive. It took them four years to isolate the radioactive source which she named radium. For this, they won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.

The first woman in science In 1906, her husband died in an accident and Marie got the position they had offered him at the Sorbonne. In 1911, she got a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. When World War I, she designed the first mobile X-Ray machine and travelled with it along the front lines.

Radiation poisoning Marie died in July, 1934 in Paris. She died by radiation poisoning. She worked hard and proved that if a person keeps to their goals, they will succeed. For her, success came with the two Nobel Prizes she received and fast that she was the first woman to ever get one. We all owe her our respect and admiration.

Phrases 11. her husband died 1. was born 2. her mum died 3. became a tutor 4. her sister invited 5. moved to Paris 6. got her Master’s degree 7. started research 8. fell in love 9. got married 10. won 12. designed 13 travelled 14. died

Date Event 1837 1877 got her Master’s degree they fell in love and got married 1903 her husband died 1911 1934