“Madam Curie” Manya Sklodowska, as she was called before marriage, was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1867. Her father taught mathematics and physics. Her mother, a musician who played the piano and sang, was never able to hug or kiss her children because of Tuberculosis, a very contagious disease, which later took her life on May 7, 1878. Manya had 2 sisters Bronya and Zosia. They both caught Typhus at a young age which took Zosia’s life and …showed first 75 words of 858 total…

…showed last 75 words of 858 total…On Thursday, April 19, 1906 Pierre was killed by horse drawn wagon on accident. In December of 1911 she was awarded the Nobel prize again for isolating the radium as a metal instead of a salt. She was the only person to have received the Nobel Prize twice. On July 4, 1934 Marie Currie died of leukemia(or over exposure to radioactive material).But because of her, and the discovery of radium it gave-and still gives- life to countless people.