On November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland, a baby girl was born. Her name was Marie Curie. As a young girl, she was always curious and very smart. She was a quick learner and was always the first to raise her hand in class. Her parents were both teachers, which encouraged her to learn more. Marie Curie grew up to change lives. One of her inventions helped doctors, and she also found two new elements. Marie Curie went through difficult times, but she managed to change the world.
Marie Curie went to the University of Paris, where she studied science. She was the first woman to get the Nobel Prize because of her advancement in chemistry and Physics, and also because she discovered two elements which are radium and polonium. She got the word polonium from her home country which is Poland. Marie Curie traveled to Paris, France and she stayed there after she met Pierre Curie, who she later married. At that time, he was the head of a laboratory at the School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry. In 1897 and 1904, Marie Curie's daughters were born. Their names were Irene and Eve. Later, Irene got the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
When Marie was experimenting with radium, she got exposed to the radioactivity and got infected with a disease, aplastic anemia, which infects her blood so, she died at the age of 66. Marie Curie was brave and she was curious and smart. The most incredible invention that she made is the X-ray which helps doctors to see if a person had a broken bone. Marie Curie died in July 4, 1934 and at that time, she was living in Savoy, France. Marie Curie died as a famous person and an inventor. One of her famous quotes is “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”
- Harini, Grade V
