Curiehd: Marie

: Shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for their joint research on radiation phenomena.

: During World War I, she developed a fleet of mobile X-ray units known as "Little Curies" ( petites Curies ). She personally trained 150 women to operate them, allowing battlefield surgeons to locate shrapnel and save lives. Marie CurieHD

: In 1910, after years of processing tons of ore, she successfully isolated pure metallic radium, an achievement that earned her the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Medical and Humanitarian Impact : Shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel

: Working with her husband, Pierre Curie, she discovered two new radioactive elements in 1898: polonium (named after her native Poland) and radium . : In 1910, after years of processing tons

: In 1995, she became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.