1. Marie Curie was the first woman in history to receive the Nobel Prize.2. She is in the field Nuclear Physics.3. Curie discovered Radium and Polonium.4.She personally provided medical aid to french soldiers during the first world war.
5. She was originally ignored by the Nobel Prize Nominating Committee because in a sign of the times and its prevailing sexist attitudes.6. In 1910, Marie Curie successfully produced radium as a pure metal, which proved the new element's existence beyond a doubt.
Some of her famous quotes are:" Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it"" Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood."
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