The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903.
Marie Curie actually studied in silence during the Victorian era, when there were very few academic chances for women. This was because it was nearly impossible to be accepted in the male-dominated academic community at the time.
Marie Curie and her husband, the brilliant scientist Pierre Curie, made the discoveries of polonium and radium. After her husband passed away, she carried on their research, which helped advance X-ray technology and create the field of radiation therapy for cancer.
The various honors bestowed upon Marie Curie reflect the significance of her contributions. She was awarded numerous honorary degrees in law, medicine, and science as well as honorary memberships in learned organizations all around the world.
For their investigation into the spontaneous radiation discovered by Becquerel, who received the other half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, she and her husband shared half of the prize.
Her study on radioactivity earned her a second Nobel Prize in 1911, this time in Chemistry.
In 1921, President Harding of the United States gave her one gram of radium in appreciation for her contributions to science on behalf of women in America.
Marie Curie, who suffered from leukemia and passed away in 1934 from radiation exposure, continues to serve as an inspiration and role model for female scientists.
