Marie Curie - Research
Daisy Jackson / 25/02/2022
In order to create successful illustrations based upon my given historical figures, it is urgent I research into their lives and who they were. This way, I will be able to visually present these characters in both an educational and interesting way.
Here is my research I have found on Marie Curie:
*NOTE* The information found that I think is the most interesting and helpful, is in bold.
Click the image above for the video!
Often, I find it easier to learn via videos. I decided to go on YouTube to see what useful content I could find. From the video above, this is everything I discovered:
- She was born in Poland
- She was the youngest of five
- Her father was a science professor and her mother directed a women's school
- At the time of her childhood, Poland was controlled by the Russian military which caused violence and revolts to erupt in the streets. As a result of this, Marie rarely left her house and barely attended school
- She always had the desire to read and learn as often as possible
- She could read perfectly at the age of four and was curious about language, maths and many other topics which most children found boring
- When attending school secretly, she had passion and determination. She finished at the top of her class
- Unfortunately, her mother and one of her sisters died of tuberculosis
- After this, she then focused on her studies and became a governess to help pay for her sister (Bronia) to study in France
- She was a very generous and kind person
- After five years of studies and work, she decided to go to university in Paris as it was not possible for women to attend university in Poland
- At university, she earned full maths and physics degrees in only three years
- She graduated with the highest grades in her class
- At her university, she met Pierre who became her husband
- After marrying, Pierre and Marie started a family
- Pierre was a physicist like Marie which led them to work together. Pierre became her assistant and they achieved important scientific discoveries within the walls of a shed
- Marie and Pierre discovered radioactivity together which was released by polonium and radium
- This discovery was so important, they earned the highest award possible for any physicist which was the Nobel Prize
- Both Marie and Pierre became extremely important scientists
- Unfortunately, one night Pierre was walking across the street and was hit by a horse and carriage. The doctors could not save his life
- Marie continued to research and care for her daughters. She also took on some of Pierre's teaching duties at the university
- Marie became the first woman in the world to teach at a university level
- She kept investigating and performing new and important experiments which then led her to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- This caused Marie to be the first woman and the first person at the time, to be awarded two Nobel Prizes in science
- When World War I began her life changed drastically. She left her research and the university to go help the wounded. Thanks to her inventions, she was able to create a mobile xray unit to help doctors in the field which allowed her to save thousands of French lives
- Slowly, Marie's health began to decline. Nobody knew why at the time. She felt fatigued and weak which then slowly led to her vision declining. Burns suddenly developed on her body
- In 1934, Marie Curie sadly passed away. The doctors at the time considered it a 'mystery disease'. This was then found out to be the result of radiation poisioning which was caused by not wearing any protection over the years of her research
- Marie was buried next to her husband in a cemetery outside of Paris. In 1995, the President of France ordered her remains to be moved to the Pantheon in Paris, where the most distinguished French people are laid to rest
Above is the list of all awards that Marie Curie won.
Click on the image above to be taken to the website I retrieved this information from!
Below are photos also retrieved from the link above:
26/01/2022
When searching into drawings of Marie Curie created by others, I stumbled across somebody's website where they drew the historical figure themselves. On this website, they wrote down their own research. Some of this research I did not even know myself!
Link to website:
Here is the research that stood out to me:
'Marie was also fearless in the face of war, devoting her time and resources, as well as risking her life, by helping wounded soldiers in France during the First World War by forming mobile X-ray teams driving vehicles nicknamed “Little Curies”.'
“Nothing in this world is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.”
“We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.“
“A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.”
Now, because this information was written by another individual like me, the information COULD be possibly wrong. However, I did search into this information and it is indeed correct! On this website (https://www.inverse.com/article/50747-marie-curie-x-ray-machines-world-war-i-wwi) it states 'In addition to the mobile little Curies that traveled around the battlefront, Curie also oversaw the construction of 200 radiological rooms at various fixed field hospitals behind the battle lines.'
And here is a link with all the provided quotes by Marie Curie:
https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/marie-curie-quotes
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