Marie Skloodowska Research Paper

Marie Skłodowska Curie, born Maria Salomea Skłodowska on the 7th of september 1867. She was a polish chemist and physicist who had pioneered research on radioactivity, she was the first woman to receive a nobel prize and later died due to her research. Though, before any of this happened she was the youngest child of née Boguska and Władysław Skłodowski two teachers from Bronisława who lost all their property and fortunes in the Polish national uprisings to restore Poland’s independence from the Russian Empire at the time, condemning her family to financial struggles. Marie still was able to attend a prestigious gymnasium for girls and leave with a gold medal, she then returned to the country with her father because of emotional depression, …show more content…
The school did not sponsor her research, however she received funding from various mining and metallurgical companies and organizations. In her studies on the mysterious rays on the minerals pitchblende and torbernite (chalcolite), the electrometer displayed that the pitchblende was four times as active as uranium and that torbernite was twice as active than uranium she believed that these minerals contained a substance much more active than uranium alone. This led her on a meticulous and refined search for other radioactive elements, in this search, she deduced that thorium was also …show more content…
Aswell in spite of her work and help in humanitarian contributions to the French war effort, she had never received any formal recognition from the French. Though, following the war, her life took to an almost political form. She traveled to the United States in 1920 to raise money for the research of radium. The next year, the current United States President, Warren Harding had presented her with a 1 gram sample of radium, only just then realizing she had no French official distinctions, which embarrassed her. The French government responded by offering her a Legion of Honour award, she