women chemists

Describes the lives of Marie Curie and her daughters. Nobel Prize winner and radiation pioneer Marie Curie was also a mother, widowed young, who raised two daughters alone: Irene, a Nobel Prize winning chemist in her own right, who played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, and Eve, a highly regarded humanitarian and journalist, who fought alongside the French Resistance during WWII.

A biography of the Polish-born chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903 for the discovery of radium.

Details the life and work of Marie Curie from early childhood to the discovery of radium and her two Nobel Prizes.

Examines the life of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, discussing her discovery of radium and the tragic personal results of her work.

An illustrated, simple biography of Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist Marie Curie. Includes a chronology, a glossary, interesting facts, and resources.

Details the life and work of Marie Curie from early childhood to the discovery of radium and her two Nobel Prizes.

Examines the life and career of radioactivity pioneer Marie Curie.

A biography of Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founder of the American home economics movement, and first professional woman chemist.

A brief biography focusing on the youth of the scientist who twice received the Nobel Prize for her work with radium.

A biography of the chemist who, in recognition of her important discoveries and inventions, was the first woman inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1991.