Biography for third graders

Field Information
Full Name Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Date of Birth 07 November 1867
Place of Birth Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Date of Death 04 July 1934
Place of Death Passy, Haute-Savoie, France
Citizenship / Country of Residence Polish (by birth), French (by naturalization and marriage)
Education Sorbonne University
Profession Physicist, Chemist
Years of Activity Approximately 1891-1934
Brief Information Marie Curie was a pioneering physicist and chemist known for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields. Her work led to the discovery of polonium and radium and significantly advanced the understanding of atomic structure.