Marie Curie Maire Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867. Her parents were both teachers, her father a teacher of math and physics. However working in Russian Poland and being polish he wasn't paid very well. As a young child Marie was very smart and eager to learn. She learned to read at the age of four and at he age of 15 she graduated high school and was at the top of her class. …showed first 75 words of 597 total…

…showed last 75 words of 597 total…remembered. "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." -Marie Curie Work Cited 1) Maire Sklodowska-Curie. Science in Poland. 3-5-00. http://hum.amu.edu.pl/-zbzw/ph/sci/msc.htm 2) Marie Curie. Michael Webb. 3-5-00. www.mbnet.mb.ca/~mmci/papers/lisa/curie2.html