Maria’sfathertaughtmath and physics, and Maria inherited herfather’slove ofscience and patriotism.Herfamily suffered because of her parents’__69__ to Russian rule.Higher educationwas difficultforwomen to obtain in Poland. Maria and hersister Bronislawa agreed to help __70__ each other’sstudies.Bronislawa wentto Paristo studymedicine, __71__ by Maria. In 1891, itwasMaria’s __72__.MariametPierre Curie, a professor of physics and chemistry, and gotmarried in 1895.Madame Curie, asshe becameknown, nowhad a lab partner. They discovered two newelements: polonium, which Marie named afterPoland, and radium. Both ofthese elements are radioactive, a property which has only been described__73__.Workingmainly in France,Madame Curiewasthe firstfemale professor attheUniversity of Paris.Under her direction,theworld'sfirststudieswere conducted into the treatment of neoplasms, usingradioactive isotopes. She founded the Curie Institutesin Paris and inWarsaw, which remainmajor centers ofmedicalresearch today.However, Marie and Pierre didn’t know that exposure __74__ radiation coulddestroy their health.Marie eventually died ofthe __75__ effects ofradiation exposure in 1934.
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