Female Scientist

Irene Joliet-Curie

Wanted By: June 10, 2025

Wanted For: 3rd degree murder
Description of Accomplishments:
The daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, Irene Joliet Curie was a scientist wh
o was of French and Polish descent.
She was born in Paris, France, on September 12, 1897.
Irene was the first female to be awarded a chemistry Nobel Prize; she did so i
n 1935 for her research on artificial radioactivity.
Additionally, she was the first female professor at the University of Paris.
Irene married the scientist Frederic Joliot in 1926, and the two of them collab
orated on studies into the physics of radiation.
Irene and Frederic contributed to the Manhattan Project, which created the fir
st atomic weapon, during World War II.
Irene passed away from leukemia on March 17, 1956, at the age of 58. Leuke
mia was brought on by radiation exposure during study. 

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