Women in Leadership: Breaking Barriers Over Time

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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.