Marie Curie is one of the greatest female scientists ever. She famously won the Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre in 1903 and became a global sensation for their work on radiotherapy. Her dedication to this field ultimately cost her her life as she passed away in 1934 from the results of radiation exposure. Her belongings remain radioactive today. Curie less famously won a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the elements radium and polonium. This tends to be overshadowed

6.3K views · 133 reactions | Radium Girls Movie to Debut in October: The girls work as dial painters down at the American Radium factory. They spend their free time daydreaming about their future lives as a movie star and archaeologist. The movie debuts October 23. https://bit.ly/2EnPOzy | American Society of Radiologic Technologists | Facebook