The First Woman Scientist, Marie Curie
By Esther Kim
On November 17th, 1867 Marie Sklodowska, known as Marie Curie, was born in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Her parents were both school teachers. But, her happiness didn’t last long. When she was about 4 years old, her sister Sophia died of typos. Soon after, her mother died of tuberculosis. When she got about 18 or 19 years old, she wanted to go to Sorbone University. But, her house didn’t have money to go. So, she and her sister promised to earn money and then, get each other to the university.
As she wanted, she went to Sorbonne University. She met Pierre Curie. They didn’t have a big, fancy wedding or a honeymoon, because they were poor. Even though they were poor they lived a happy life time. They had two daughters. They found Polonium and Radium. And for the result, the couple got a Nobel Prize. One day, her husband, Pierre Curie, died of the wagon accident.
Marie Curie and her daughters were sorrowful after years of doing experiments every day. Finally, Marie Curie found pitchblende and got the Nobel Prize.
At the age of 67, On July 4th, 1934, she got dead by pernicious anemia. These days, Marie Curie is remembered by her pioneering work in a field of radiate search. I hope she can be remembered by the future people.
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