Marie Curie

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Marie Curie was the first individual to win two Nobel Prizes.

Building Used by Marie Curie Saved From Demolition

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Marie and Pierre Curie in the laboratory.

Three Quirky Facts About Marie Curie

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Marie Curie in one of her mobile X-ray units in October 1917

How Marie Curie Brought X-Ray Machines To the Battlefield

During World War I, the scientist invented a mobile x-ray unit, called a "Little Curie," and trained 150 women to operate it

Marie Curie and President Warren Harding walk down the White House steps arm in arm in 1921.

When Women Crowdfunded Radium For Marie Curie

The element was hard to get and extremely expensive but essential for Curie's cancer research

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