Marie Curie
An Icon For Women Scientists
1867-1934
Marie Curie
An Icon For Women Scientists
1867-1934
• Manya Sklodowska- Curie, Otherwise known
as Marie Curie, is held up as an icon,
Representation of what it means to be
successful woman in Science.
• She was praised and rewarded by
contemporaries for her discovery of the
elements radium and polonium .
• her research work on radioactivity lead to
further discoveries a bout the atom and leading
to the development of treatment of cancer.
Marie Curie
An Icon For Women Scientists
1867-1934
• Marie Curie, was a two- time winner of the Nobel
Prize for her work on radioactivity.
• In 1897 she completed and published her work
on the magnetic properties steel in the “Bulletin
of the society for encouragement of national
industry”.
• Between 1881 and 1894, beginning at age
twenty –four , she earned two degrees. Both
equivalent to a baccalaureate degree, in physics
and Mathematics.
Marie Curie
An Icon For Women Scientists
1867-1934
• In 1894 she won the polish Alexandrovith
scholarships, which allowed polish
students to pursue their education outside
of Poland.
• In July 1897 she married to Pierre Curie.
• Pierre and Marie became collaborators in
science.
Marie Curie
An Icon For Women Scientists
1867-1934
• Marie Curie and Pierre Curie shared the 1903
noble prize for physics with Henri Becquerel for
their discovery of radioactivity.
• In 1922, Marie Curie was made a member of the
academy of medicine of Paris, for the part she
played in discovering radium.
• She was also the sole winner of the 1911 noble
prize in chemistry.
• She was the first women admitted to an
academy in France.
Marie Curie
An Icon For Women Scientists
1867-1934
• Cure's life was a life of firsts, and her work is
certainly a testament to what women scientist
can achieve.
• In 1892, when she entered the Sorbonne
University, their were only 210 women enrolled
out of a student population of nine thousand.
• Certainly Marie Curie is exceptional, not only
among female scientist but among scientist in
general.