Marie Curies early life
Marie Curie also known as Maria Salomea Sklodowska was born on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw Poland. Her family struggled under a repressive Tsarist regime, which was trying to stamp out any remnant of Polish culture.
Marie Curie had an amazing and impressive family that played a huge role in her life and scientific achievements. Marie Curie was born into a family of 7 and was the youngest of five to her father Wladyslaw and her mother Bronislava Sklodowska. Marie's mother and father were both educators and made sure to educate their daughters and son very well, unfortunately though her mother died of tuberculosis in 1878, and her father died in 1902 from unknown reasons. Marie had 4 siblings, Zofia (born 1862), Józef (born 1863), Bronisława (born 1865), Helena (born 1866) and Marie was the youngest.
As a teenager, Curie made a pact with her sister Bronya, she would support Bronya while she was in medical school in Paris, and then Bronya would pay Curie’s way. From the age of 17, for six years, Curie worked as a governess and tutor, while attempting to study in her spare time.
Finally, at age 24, she enrolled at the Sorbonne University. She could not attend the University of Warsaw, as her brother had, the Russian government prohibited women from attending university anywhere in its empire. In Paris, she felt unprepared but exhilarated.
So, in conclusion her life leading up to her higher education was very hard and favor was against her in a lot of things but through all of that she was able to keep herself upright and moving forward in everything including her studies.
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