Marie Curie Chapter

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in Physics, and with her later win, in Chemistry, she became the first person to claim Nobel honors twice. She and her husband discovered the elements Polonium and Radium. Throughout her career, she broke down several walls put up by the patriarchy to feed into her never ending curiosity. Marie Curie died in Savoy, France, after a short illness, on July 4, 1934, leaving not only a lasting impact on both chemistry and physics but also paving a path for women in academia.