The Life Of Marie Curie

The Life of Marie Curie
Marie Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw in 1867. She came from a family that put a lot of importance on education. Both of her parents were teachers. Marie gained a lot of her knowledge in physics and chemistry from her father. Marie had a great passion for knowledge, but there weren’t many options for women in Poland. Her true dream was to be able to go study at the Sorbonne in Paris, but her family couldn’t afford it at the time. By the time Marie was 24 she had raised the money to go to Paris, so she packed her bags and went to Paris to live with her sister, Bronya. It had been six years since Marie had worked on her studies, but she was determined. She knew what Sorbonne could offer her, so she overcame the difficulties. To save herself a long trip to school she rented a small attic space to live in. She was so happy because she could now devote all of her time and strength to her studies. Marie was studying math and physics from France’s best...