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Marie Curie : Early Life & Education
November 7, 1867 – Maria Skłodowska is born in Warsaw, Poland.
1883: Graduates from high school with top honors but is unable to attend university because women were not allowed in higher education in Poland.
1893–1894: Earns degrees in physics and mathematics, ranking first in her class in Paris, France -
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Scientific Breakthroughs & Nobel Prizes
1898: Discovers polonium and radium, two new radioactive elements.
1903: Becomes the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics.
1906: Pierre Curie dies in a tragic accident, leaving Marie a widowed scientist and mother of two.
1906: Becomes the first female professor at the University of Paris.
1911: Wins her second Nobel Prize in Chemistry for isolating pure radium, becoming the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.
1934: Dies from aplastic anemia -
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Recognition & Scientific Impact
1944: The element curium (Cm) is named in her honor.
1995: Becomes the first woman to be buried in the Panthéon in Paris for her own achievements.