My hero:
Marie Curie
I was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, and knew from a young
age that I wanted to study science, despite the limitations of
women. I moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, where I met
my husband, Pierre Curie. Together we discovered polonium and
radium in 1898, which led to us winning the Nobel Prize in
Physics in 1903.
After Pierre's death in 1906, I continued our work and became the
first woman to teach at the Sorbonne. In 1911, I received my
second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry. During World War I,
I developed mobile X-ray units, helping at the front.
I died in 1934 from a disease caused by being in contact with
radioactive elements. Today, my work and example as a scientist
are still important for women and science.