Marie was the first woman to achieve many things. Marie became the first woman to ever receive a doctorate of science in Europe. After the death of her husband, the University of Paris offered her his position, making her the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.She was the first woman to win a Nobel prize, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, and to this day remains the only person to ever win twice in multiple sciences. Her family has received a total of five Nobels, receiving the most. Even in death, Marie achieved firsts. She was the first woman to ever be buried under the dome of the Panteon in Paris.
Marie had dedicated a lab to her late husband Pierre at the University of Paris, yet she didn't stop there. She became the head of the Radium Institute (later renamed the Cure Institute). It's creation was because of Marie's dedication and research, as the Pasteur Institute offered her a much bigger lab. With the threat of Marie leaving, the University of Paris agreed to work with the Pasteur Institute to give her a lab she deserves. She turned down many offers, wishing to enhance and develop the Radium Institute.
During World War I, Marie noticed a need for radiological centers. She quickly found a way to develop mobile radiography units, known as "Little Curies". A director of the Red Cross Radiology Service, she had established France's first military radiology center. With only the help of a military doctor, and her seventeen year old daughter Irene, Marie had directed the installation of twenty mobile radiological vehicles, along with a additional two hundred radiological units alongside field hospitals, all during the first year of war. She would later train fellow woman to help aid. She wrote about her war experience in the book Radiology in War.
During World War I, Marie noticed a need for radiological centers. She quickly found a way to develop mobile radiography units, known as "Little Curies". A director of the Red Cross Radiology Service, she had established France's first military radiology center. With only the help of a military doctor, and her seventeen year old daughter Irene, Marie had directed the installation of twenty mobile radiological vehicles, along with a additional two hundred radiological units alongside field hospitals, all during the first year of war. She would later train fellow woman to help aid. She wrote about her war experience in the book Radiology in War.
Her daughter Irene later became scientist, alongside her husband Frederic Joliot, both winning a Nobel Prize for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. Her own children, Helene and Pierre, later became esteemed scientists. French physicist Marguerite Perey, a student of Marie Curie, became the first woman to be elected to the French Academie des Sciences, who denied her mentor. Perey continued Marie's study of actinium, later isolating a new element called francium.